1. canary(n = noun.person) fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police;
is a kind of betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer
2. canary(n = noun.person) - a female singer;
is a kind of singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
3. canary(n = noun.attribute) canary yellow - a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge;
is a kind of yellow, yellowness
Derived form adjective canary1
4. canary(n = noun.animal) canary bird - any of several small Old World finches;
is a kind of finch
is a member of genus serinus, serinus
has particulars: common canary, serinus canaria
canary(s = adj.all) canary-yellow - having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow;
Derived form noun canary3
1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. [1913 Webster]
2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. [1913 Webster]
1. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. A canary bird. [1913 Webster]
3. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird. [1913 Webster]
4. A quick and lively dance. [1913 Webster]
"Make you dance canary
With sprightly fire and motion." [1913 Webster]
To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [1913 Webster]
"But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet." [1913 Webster]
canary, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any of various small finches of the genus Serinus, esp. S. canaria, a songbird native to the Canary Islands, with mainly yellow plumage.
2 hist. a sweet wine from the Canary Islands.
Idiom:
canary-coloured coloured canary yellow. canary creeper a climbing plant, Tropaeolium peregrinum, with flowers of bright yellow deeply toothed petals which give the appearance of a small bird in flight. canary grass a Mediterranean plant Phalaris canariensis, grown as a crop plant for bird seed. canary yellow bright yellow.
Etymology:
Canary Islands f. F Canarie f. Sp. & L Canaria f. canis dog, one of the islands being noted in Roman times for large dogs
N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.
N disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.
canary bird, canary creeper, canary grass, canary island hare's foot fern, canary islands, canary seed, canary whitewood, canary wine, canary yellow, common canary, reed canary grass, sea canary, toowomba canary grass
1. island(n = noun.object) - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water;
is a kind of dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma
is a member of archipelago
has particulars: caribbean island, aegean island, barrier island, south sea islands
Derived form noun islander1
2. island(n = noun.artifact) - a zone or area resembling an island;
is a kind of zone
has particulars: kitchen island, safety island, safety isle, safety zone, traffic island
1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent. [1913 Webster]
2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice. [1913 Webster]
3. See Isle,
1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. Shelley. [1913 Webster]
2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. Southey. [1913 Webster]
island, n.
1 a piece of land surrounded by water.
2 anything compared to an island, esp. in being surrounded in some way.
3 = traffic island.
4 a a detached or isolated thing. b Physiol. a detached portion of tissue or group of cells (cf. ISLET).
5 Naut. a ship's superstructure, bridge, etc.
Etymology:
OE igland f. ig island + LAND: first syll. infl. by ISLE
N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.
N island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker, archipelago, islander, insular, seagirt, archipelagic, Fluids in Motion.
admiralty island, aegean island, anglesea island, anglesey island, baffin island, bahrain island, bahrein island, barrier island, battle of wake island, bedloe's island, bouvet island, canary island hare's foot fern, cape breton island, capital of rhode island, caribbean island, catalina island, channel island, coney island, ellis island, galveston island, grand island, guadalupe island, hatteras island, hawaii island, island dispenser, island hop, island of guernsey, island of jersey, island universe, kahoolawe island, kauai island, kitchen island, kodiak island, lanai island, leyte island, liberty island, long island, long island sound, manhattan island, maui island, molokai island, nauru island, nihau island, norfolk island, norfolk island pine, north island, north island edelweiss, oahu island, pleasant island, prince edward island, rhode island, rhode island bent, rhode island red, rock island, safety island, sao tiago island, sea island cotton, singapore island, south island, staten island, thousand island dressing, traffic island, vancouver island, wake island
1. hare(n = noun.animal) - swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes;
is a kind of leporid, leporid mammal
has parts: hare, rabbit
is a member of genus lepus, lepus
has particulars: leveret, european hare, lepus europaeus, jackrabbit, arctic hare, lepus arcticus, polar hare, lepus americanus, snowshoe hare, snowshoe rabbit, varying hare
Derived form verb hare1
2. hare(n = noun.food) rabbit - flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food;
is a kind of game
is a part of european rabbit, old world rabbit, oryctolagus cuniculus, cottontail, cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit, hare
hare(v = verb.motion) - run quickly, like a hare; "He hared down the hill"
is one way to run
Derived form noun hare1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
To excite; to tease, harass, or worry; to harry. Locke. [1913 Webster]
1. A rodent of the genus
" The species of hares are numerous. The common European hare is
2. A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. [1913 Webster]
hare, n. & v.
--n.
1 any of various mammals of the family Leporidae, esp. Lepus europaeus, like a large rabbit, with tawny fur, long ears, short tail, and hind legs longer than forelegs, inhabiting fields, hills, etc.
2 (in full electric hare) a dummy hare propelled by electricity, used in greyhound racing.
--v.intr. run with great speed.
Idiom:
hare and hounds a paperchase. hare-brained rash, wild. hare's-foot (in full hare's-foot clover) a clover, Trifolium arvense, with soft hair around the flowers. run with the hare and hunt with the hounds try to remain on good terms with both sides. start a hare raise a topic of conversation.
Etymology:
OE hara f. Gmc
N velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, eagle speed, expedition, pernicity, acceleration, haste, spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase, smart rate, lively rate, swift rate, rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace, round pace, flying, flight, lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind, cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver, telegraph, express train, torrent, eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee, ostrich, scorcher, Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin, log, log line, speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter, pedometer, fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet, aliped, nimble, agile, expeditious, express, active, flying, galloping, light footed, nimble footed, winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic, light-legged, light of heel, swift as an arrow, quick as lightning, quick as a thought, swiftly, with speed, apace, at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed, full drive, full gallop, posthaste, in full sail, tantivy, trippingly, instantaneously, under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam, velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time, with rapid strides, with giant strides, a pas de geant, in seven league boots, whip and spur, ventre a terre, as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one, as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed, by leaps and bounds, with haste, vires acquirit eundo, I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes, swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow, go like a bat out of hell, tempus fugit.
arctic hare, belgian hare, chief hare, european hare, hare and hounds, hare krishna, hare wallaby, kangaroo hare, little chief hare, marsh hare, mouse hare, polar hare, sea hare, snowshoe hare, swamp hare, varying hare, water hare
1. foot(n = noun.body) human foot, pes - the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
is a kind of pedal extremity, vertebrate foot
is a part of homo, human, human being, man, leg
has parts: calcaneus, heelbone, os tarsi fibulare, arcuate artery, arteria arcuata, arteria digitalis, digital arteries, arteria metatarsea, metatarsal artery, intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis, metatarsal vein, vena metatarsus, instep, sole, toe, big toe, great toe, hallux, little toe, heel
has particulars: flatfoot, pes planus, splayfoot
Derived form verb foot2
2. foot(n = noun.quantity) ft - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
is a part of pace, yard
has parts: in, inch
3. foot(n = noun.location) - the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
is a kind of bottom
Antonym: head
4. foot(n = noun.animal) animal foot - the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings;
is a kind of pedal extremity, vertebrate foot
has particulars: fossorial foot, hoof, bird's foot, webfoot, trotter, forefoot, hindfoot, paw
5. foot(n = noun.artifact) base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure - lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
is a kind of support
is a part of construction, structure
has particulars: bed, raft foundation
6. foot(n = noun.animal) invertebrate foot - any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates;
is a kind of organ
is a part of invertebrate
has particulars: tube foot
7. foot(n = noun.act) - travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
is a kind of walk
Derived form verb foot2
8. foot(n = noun.person) - a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger;
is a kind of intelligence agent, intelligence officer, operative, secret agent
9. foot(n = noun.group) infantry - an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
is a kind of army unit
has particulars: paratroops
10. foot(n = noun.communication) metrical foot, metrical unit - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm;
is a kind of beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre
has particulars: dactyl, iamb, iambus, anapaest, anapest, amphibrach, trochee, spondee, dibrach, pyrrhic
11. foot(n = noun.artifact) - a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
is a kind of support
is a part of leg
1. foot(v = verb.possession) pick - pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
is one way to pay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
2. foot(v = verb.motion) hoof, hoof it, leg it - walk; "let's hoof it to the disco"
is one way to walk
Derived forms noun foot7, noun foot1, noun footer2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
3. foot(v = verb.cognition) foot up - add a column of numbers;
is one way to add, add together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes. [1913 Webster]
2. The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. [1913 Webster]
3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. [1913 Webster]
4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed; ; the foot of the page. [1913 Webster]
"And now at foot
Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet." [1913 Webster]
5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. [1913 Webster]
"Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason." [1913 Webster]
6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [1913 Webster]
"As to his being on the foot of a servant." [1913 Webster]
7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard. [1913 Webster]
" This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters." [1913 Webster]
8. Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. Milton. [1913 Webster]
9. A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. [1913 Webster]
10. The lower edge of a sail. [1913 Webster]
" Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds." [1913 Webster]
1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. Shak. [1913 Webster]
1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [1913 Webster]
"What confederacy have you with the traitors
Late footed in the kingdom?" [1913 Webster]
3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell. [1913 Webster]
4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account. [1913 Webster]
5. To seize or strike with the talon. Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. To renew the foot of, as of a stocking. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest." [1913 Webster]
foot, n. & v.
--n. (pl. feet)
1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part of a sock etc. covering the foot.
2 a the lower or lowest part of anything, e.g. a mountain, a page, stairs, etc. b the lower end of a table. c the end of a bed where the user's feet normally rest.
3 the base, often projecting, of anything extending vertically.
4 a step, pace, or tread; a manner of walking (fleet of foot).
5 (pl. feet or foot) a unit of linear measure equal to 12 inches (30.48 cm).
6 Prosody a a group of syllables (one usu. stressed) constituting a metrical unit. b a similar unit of speech etc.
7 Brit. hist. infantry (a regiment of foot).
8 Zool. the locomotive or adhesive organ of invertebrates.
9 Bot. the part by which a petal is attached.
10 a device on a sewing-machine for holding the material steady as it is sewn.
11 (pl. foots) a dregs; oil refuse. b coarse sugar.
--v.tr.
1 (usu. as foot it) a traverse (esp. a long distance) by foot. b dance.
2 pay (a bill, esp. one considered large).
Idiom:
at a person's feet as a person's disciple or subject. feet of clay a fundamental weakness in a person otherwise revered. foot-and-mouth disease a contagious viral disease of cattle etc. foot-fault (in lawn tennis) incorrect placement of the feet while serving. foot-pound the amount of energy required to raise
1 lb.
a distance of
1 foot. foot-pound-second system a system of measurement with these as basic units. foot-rot a bacterial disease of the feet in sheep and cattle. foot-rule a ruler 1 foot long. foot-soldier a soldier who fights on foot. get one's feet wet begin to participate. have one's (or both) feet on the ground be practical. have a foot in the door have a prospect of success. have one foot in the grave be near death or very old. my foot! int. expressing strong contradiction. not put a foot wrong make no mistakes. off one's feet so as to be unable to stand, or in a state compared with this (was rushed off my feet). on foot walking, not riding etc. put one's best foot forward make every effort; proceed with determination. put one's feet up colloq. take a rest.
put one's foot down colloq.
1 be firmly insistent or repressive.
2 accelerate a motor vehicle. put one's foot in it colloq. commit a blunder or indiscretion. set foot on (or in) enter; go into. set on foot put (an action, process, etc.) in motion. under one's feet in the way. under foot on the ground.
Derivative:
footed adj. (also in comb.). footless adj.
Etymology:
OE fot f. Gmc
N poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Parnassus, Helicon, Pierides, Pierian spring, versification, rhyming, making verses, prosody, orthometry, poem, epic, epic poem, epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody, elegy, amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode, dramatic poetry, lyric poetry, opera, posy, anthology, disjecta membra poetae song, ballad, lay, love song, drinking song, war song, sea song, lullaby, music, nursery rhymes, doggerel, Hudibrastic verse, prose run mad, macaronics, macaronic verse, leonine verse, runes, canto, stanza, distich, verse, line, couplet, triplet, quatrain, strophe, antistrophe, verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm, accentuation, dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest, hexameter, pentameter, Alexandrine, anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus, elegiacs, elegiac verse, elegaic meter, elegaic poetry, poet, poet laureate, laureate, bard, lyrist, scald, skald, troubadour, trouvere, minstrel, minnesinger, meistersinger, improvisatore, versifier, sonneteer, rhymer, rhymist, rhymester, ballad monger, runer, poetaster, genus irritabile vatum, poetic, poetical, lyric, lyrical, tuneful, epic, dithyrambic, metrical, a catalectin, elegiac, iambic, trochaic, anapestic, amoebaeic, Melibean, skaldic, Ionic, Sapphic, Alcaic, Pindaric, a poem round and perfect as a star, Dichtung und Wahrheit, furor poeticus, his virtues formed the magic of his song, I do but sing because I must, I learnt life from the poets, licentia vatum, mutum est pictura poema, O for a muse of fire!, sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge, the true poem is the poet's mind, Volk der Dichter und Denker, wisdom married to immortal verse.
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.
amp'8are foot, animal foot, athlete's foot, australian hare's foot, bear's foot, bird's foot, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoil, board foot, canary island hare's foot fern, candle foot, cat's foot, cleft foot, cloven foot, crow's foot, cubic foot, dove's foot geranium, flat foot, foot brake, foot candle, foot doctor, foot dragging, foot guards, foot lever, foot pedal, foot pound, foot poundal, foot race, foot rot, foot rule, foot soldier, foot ton, foot traffic, foot up, foot valve, fossorial foot, goat's foot, hand and foot, heterodactyl foot, horse's foot, human foot, immersion foot, invertebrate foot, lion's foot, lobate foot, metrical foot, square foot, trench foot, tube foot, vertebrate foot, webbed foot, white-man's foot, whiteman's foot, zygodactyl foot
fern(n = noun.plant) - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores;
is a kind of nonflowering plant, pteridophyte
has parts: fern seed
is a member of class filicinae, class filicopsida, filicinae, filicopsida
has particulars: pecopteris, film fern, filmy fern, bristle fern, filmy fern, flowering fern, osmund, crape fern, leptopteris superba, prince-of-wales feather, prince-of-wales fern, prince-of-wales plume, todea superba, crepe fern, king fern, todea barbara, curly grass, curly grass fern, schizaea pusilla, anemia adiantifolia, pine fern, climbing fern, mohria caffrorum, scented fern, aquatic fern, water fern, adder's tongue, adder's tongue fern, grape fern, flowering fern, helminthostachys zeylanica, diplopterygium longissimum, giant scrambling fern, fan fern, gleichenia flabellata, sticherus flabellatus, umbrella fern, polypody, aglaomorpha meyeniana, bear's-paw fern, strap fern, basket fern, drynaria rigidula, lecanopteris, microgramma-piloselloides, snake polypody, climbing bird's nest fern, microsorium punctatum, golden polypody, phlebodium aureum, polypodium aureum, rabbit's-foot fern, serpent fern, staghorn fern, cyclophorus lingua, felt fern, pyrrosia lingua, tongue fern, potato fern, solanopteris bifrons, grass fern, ribbon fern, vittaria lineata, spleenwort, asplenium nidus, bird's nest fern, asplenium scolopendrium, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, phyllitis scolopendrium, asplenium ceterach, ceterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern, asplenium nigripes, schaffneria nigripes, scolopendrium nigripes, scolopendrium, hard fern, doodia, rasp fern, chain fern, tree fern, davallia, boulder fern, dennstaedtia punctilobula, hay-scented, hay-scented fern, scented fern, bracken, brake, pasture brake, pteridium aquilinum, bracken, pteridium esculentum, culcita dubia, false bracken, buckler fern, shield fern, wood-fern, wood fern, woodfern, athyrium filix-femina, lady fern, athyrium pycnocarpon, diplazium pycnocarpon, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, silvery spleenwort, cyrtomium aculeatum, holly fern, polystichum aculeatum, bladder fern, athyrium thelypteroides, deparia acrostichoides, silvery spleenwort, gymnocarpium dryopteris, oak fern, thelypteris dryopteris, gymnocarpium robertianum, limestone fern, northern oak fern, fiddlehead, matteuccia struthiopteris, onoclea struthiopteris, ostrich fern, pteretis struthiopteris, shuttlecock fern, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, olfersia cervina, polybotria cervina, polybotrya cervina, bead fern, onoclea sensibilis, sensitive fern, canker brake, christmas fern, dagger fern, evergreen wood fern, polystichum acrostichoides, holly fern, leather fern, leatherleaf fern, polystichum adiantiformis, rumohra adiantiformis, ten-day fern, button fern, tectaria cicutaria, indian button fern, tectaria macrodonta, woodsia, oleander fern, oleandra mollis, oleandra neriiformis, sword fern, acrostichum aureum, golden fern, leather fern, maidenhair, maidenhair fern, annual fern, anogramma leptophylla, jersey fern, lip fern, lipfern, cheilanthes gracillima, lace fern, bamboo fern, coniogramme japonica, rock brake, doryopteris pedata, hand fern, cliff-brake, cliff brake, rock brake, button fern, pellaea rotundifolia, pityrogramma argentea, silver fern, pityrogramma calomelanos, silver fern, golden fern, pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava, gold fern, pityrogramma chrysophylla, brake, pteris cretica, pteris multifida, spider brake, spider fern, pteris serrulata, ribbon fern, spider fern, marattia salicina, potato fern, dryopteris thelypteris, marsh fern, thelypteris palustris, christella, dryopteris oreopteris, mountain fern, oreopteris limbosperma, dryopteris noveboracensis, new york fern, parathelypteris novae-boracensis, massachusetts fern, parathelypteris simulata, thelypteris simulata, beech fern
Derived forms adjective ferny1, adjective ferny2
Long ago. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Ancient; old. [Obs.] “Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes.” [saints]. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
An order of cryptogamous plants, the
" The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns." [1913 Webster]
fern, n. (pl. same or ferns) any flowerless plant of the order Filicales, reproducing by spores and usu. having feathery fronds.
Derivative:
fernery n. (pl. -ies). fernless adj. ferny adj.
Etymology:
OE fearn f. WG
N vegetable, vegetable kingdom, flora, verdure, plant, tree, shrub, bush, creeper, herb, herbage, grass, annual, perennial, biennial, triennial, exotic, timber, forest, wood, woodlands, timberland, hurst, frith, holt, weald, park, chase, greenwood, brake, grove, copse, coppice, bocage, tope, clump of trees, thicket, spinet, spinney, underwood, brushwood, scrub, boscage, bosk, ceja, chaparal, motte, arboretum, bush, jungle, prairie, heath, heather, fern, bracken, furze, gorse, whin, grass, turf, pasture, pasturage, turbary, sedge, rush, weed, fungus, mushroom, toadstool, lichen, moss, conferva, mold, growth, alfalfa, alfilaria, banyan, blow, blowth, floret, petiole, pin grass, timothy, yam, yew, zinnia, foliage, branch, bough, ramage, stem, tigella, spray, leaf, flower, blossom, bine, flowering plant, timber tree, fruit tree, pulse, legume, vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous, herbaceous, herbal, botanic, sylvan, silvan, arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical, woody, grassy, verdant, verdurous, floral, mossy, lignous, ligneous, wooden, leguminous, vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy, endogenous, exogenous, green-robed senators of mighty woods, this is the forest primeval.
adder's fern, adder's tongue fern, alabama lip fern, alpine lady fern, american maidenhair fern, american parsley fern, american wall fern, annual fern, aquatic fern, asparagus fern, ball fern, bamboo fern, basket fern, bead fern, bear's-paw fern, beech fern, bermuda maidenhair fern, berry fern, bird's nest fern, bird's-foot fern, black tree fern, bladder fern, boston fern, boulder fern, braun's holly fern, bristle fern, brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, brittle maidenhair fern, broad beech fern, buckler fern, bulblet bladder fern, bulblet fern, button fern, california fern, canary island hare's foot fern, carolina pond fern, central american strap fern, chain fern, christmas fern, cinnamon fern, climbing bird's nest fern, climbing fern, climbing maidenhair fern, clover fern, coffee fern, common staghorn fern, cow-tongue fern, crape fern, creeping fern, crepe fern, curly grass fern, dagger fern, daisy-leaved grape fern, daisyleaf grape fern, deer fern, ditch fern, elkhorn fern, european parsley fern, evergreen wood fern, fan fern, farley maidenhair fern, felt fern, fern ally, fern family, fern genus, fern palm, fern rhapis, fern seed, fiddlehead fern, film fern, filmy fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern, floating fern, florida strap fern, flower-cup fern, flowering fern, fragile fern, fragrant cliff fern, fragrant shield fern, fragrant wood fern, giant fern, giant scrambling fern, glade fern, glory fern, gold fern, golden fern, goldie's fern, goldie's shield fern, goldie's wood fern, grape fern, grass fern, hairy lip fern, hand fern, hard fern, hare's-foot bristle fern, hare's-foot fern, hart's-tongue fern, hartford fern, hay-scented fern, holly fern, indian button fern, interrupted fern, jersey fern, kidney fern, killarney fern, king fern, lace fern, lady fern, leather fern, leatherleaf fern, leatherleaf wood fern, leathery grape fern, licorice fern, limestone fern, lip fern, long beech fern, maidenhair fern, male fern, marginal wood fern, marsh fern, massachusetts fern, meadow fern, mosquito fern, mountain bladder fern, mountain fern, mountain male fern, mountain parsley fern, narrow beech fern, narrow-leaved strap fern, nebraska fern, new york fern, northern beech fern, northern holly fern, northern oak fern, oak fern, oleander fern, ostrich fern, pine fern, potato fern, prickly shield fern, prince-of-wales fern, rabbit's-foot fern, rasp fern, rattlesnake fern, resurrection fern, ribbon fern, royal fern, sago fern, scale fern, scaly fern, scented fern, sea fern, seed fern, sensitive fern, serpent fern, shield fern, shuttlecock fern, silver fern, silver tree fern, skeleton fork fern, smooth lip fern, snake fern, snuffbox fern, soft shield fern, soft tree fern, southern beech fern, southwestern lip fern, spider fern, squirrel's-foot fern, stag-horn fern, staghorn fern, strap fern, sweet fern, sword fern, ten-day fern, tongue fern, toothed sword fern, tree fern, umbrella fern, venus'-hair fern, virginia chain fern, walking fern, wall fern, water fern, western holly fern, whisk fern, winter fern, wood fern, wooly lip fern