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Fuzziness
– definition :
- (noun)
- the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines (context:attribute)
Fuzzy
– definition :
- (adjective)
- covering with fine light hairs (context:all)
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out (context:all)
- indistinct or hazy in outline (context:all)
– Sample : “fuzzy”
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance
- his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed
- the trees were just blurry shapes
Fuzzy logic
– definition :
- (noun)
- a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1 (context:cognition)
Fws
– definition :
- (noun)
- an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution (context:group)
Fuze
– definition :
- (noun)
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant (context:artifact)
Fuzee
– definition :
- (noun)
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant (context:artifact)
- a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind (context:artifact)
- a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains (context:artifact)
Fuzz
– definition :
- (noun)
- the first beard of an adolescent boy (context:body)
- a hazy or indistinct representation (context:cognition)
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman (context:person)
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant (context:plant)
– Sample : “fuzz”
- he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
- it happened so fast it was just a blur
- peach fuzz
Fuzzed
– definition :
- (adjective)
- covering with fine light hairs (context:all)
– Sample : “fuzzed”
- his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed
Funny bone
– definition :
- (noun)
- a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone (context:body)
– Sample : “funny bone”
- the funny bone is not humerus
Furlough
– definition :
- (noun)
- a temporary leave of absence from military duty (context:time)
- (verb)
- grant a leave to (context:communication)
- dismiss, usually for economic reasons (context:social)
– Sample : “furlough”
- She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized
- The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children