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becloud, befog, blur, cloud, confuse, muddy—more at CONFUSE

fog·gy adjective 1 a : filled or abounding with fog

b : covered or made opaque by moisture or grime

2 : blurred or obscured as if by fog

Synonyms

[1b] cloudy, hazy, misty, murky, smoggy, soupy—more at HAZY

[2] bleary, dim, faint, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, murky, obscure, unclear

fog·horn noun : a horn sounded in a fog to give warning

fo·gy also fo·gey noun, plural fogies also fogeys : a person with old-fashioned ideas

Synonyms

antediluvian, dodo, fossil, fuddy-duddy, reactionary; also conservative; old hand, old-timer, veteran; old maid

Antonyms

modern

foi·ble noun : a minor failing or weakness in character or behavior

Synonyms

demerit, failing, fault, frailty, shortcoming, vice, weakness—more at FAULT

foie gras noun [ORIGIN: F, lit., fat liver]

: the fattened liver of an animal and esp. of a goose usu. served as a pâté

1foil verb [ORIGIN: ME, alter. of fullen to full cloth, fr. AF foller]

1 : to prevent from attaining an end

2 : to bring to naught : THWART

Synonyms

[1, 2] baffle, balk, beat, checkmate, frustrate, thwart—more at FRUSTRATE

2foil noun [ORIGIN: ME, leaf, fr. AF fuille, foille, fr. L folia, pl. of folium leaf]

1 : a very thin sheet of metal

2 : one that serves as a contrast to another

3foil noun : a light fencing sword with a flexible blade tapering to a blunt point

foist verb : to pass off (something false or worthless) as genuine

1fold noun 1 : an enclosure for sheep

2 : a group of people with a common faith, belief, or interest

Synonyms

body, circle, clan, clique, community, coterie, set—more at GANG

2fold verb : to house (sheep) in a fold

3fold verb 1 : to lay one part over or against another part

2 : to clasp together

3 : EMBRACE

4 : to bend (as a layer of rock) into folds

5 : to incorporate into a mixture by overturning repeatedly without stirring or beating

6 : to become doubled or pleated

7 : to fail completely : FAIL, COLLAPSE

Synonyms

collapse, fail, flop, flunk, wash out—more at FAIL

4fold noun 1 : a doubling or folding over

2 : a part doubled or laid over another part

fold·away adjective : designed to fold out of the way or out of sight

fold·er noun 1 : one that folds

2 : a folded printed circular

3 : a folded cover or large envelope for loose papers

4 : an object in a computer operating system used to organize files or other folders

Synonyms

booklet, brochure, circular, leaflet, pamphlet—more at PAMPHLET

fol·de·rol noun 1 : a useless trifle

2 : NONSENSE

fold·out noun : a folded leaf (as in a magazine) larger in some dimension than the page

fo·liage noun : a mass of leaves (as of a plant or forest)

Synonyms

flora, green, greenery, herbage, leafage, vegetation, verdure—more at GREENERY

fo·li·at·ed adjective : composed of or separable into layers

fo·lic acid noun : a vitamin of the vitamin B complex used esp. to treat nutritional anemias

fo·lio noun, plural fo·li·os 1 : a leaf of a book; also : a page number

2 : the size of a piece of paper cut two from a sheet

3 : a book printed on folio pages

1folk noun, plural folk or folks 1 : the largest number or most characteristic part of a group of people forming a tribe or nation

2 a plural : a certain kind, class, or group of people : PEOPLE, PERSONS

b : people generally

3 folks plural : the persons of one's own family

Synonyms

usually folks [2a, 2b] humanity, humankind, people, persons, public, society, world—more at PEOPLE

usually folks [3] blood, clan, family, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, line, lineage, people—more at FAMILY

2folk adjective : of, relating to, or originating among the common people <~ music>

folk art noun : the traditional anonymous art of usu. untrained people

folk·lore noun : customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings of a people handed down from generation to generation