fading
         n 1: weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume
               of the sound" [syn: {attenuation}, {fading}]

English Dictionary: fitness	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fading away n gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatness n excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" Synonym(s): fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois Antonym(s): leanness, spareness, thinness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fattiness n having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity" Synonym(s): adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fedayeen Saddam n a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents Synonym(s): Fedayeen Saddam, Saddam's Martyrs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeding n the act of consuming food Synonym(s): eating, feeding the act of supplying food and nourishment Synonym(s): feeding, alimentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeding bottle n a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children Synonym(s): bottle, feeding bottle, nursing bottle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feeding chair n a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray Synonym(s): highchair, feeding chair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fitness n the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" Synonym(s): fitness, fittingness Antonym(s): unfitness good physical condition; being in shape or in condition Synonym(s): fitness, physical fitness Antonym(s): softness, unfitness fitness to traverse the seas Synonym(s): seaworthiness, fitness the quality of being qualified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fitting adj in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" Synonym(s): fitting, meet n making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances Synonym(s): adjustment, accommodation, fitting a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) Synonym(s): appointment, fitting putting clothes on to see whether they fit Synonym(s): fitting, try-on, trying on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fittingly adv in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" Synonym(s): appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly Antonym(s): inappropriately, unsuitably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fittingness n the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position" Synonym(s): fitness, fittingness Antonym(s): unfitness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
footing n status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing" Synonym(s): footing, terms a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis" Synonym(s): footing, basis, ground a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing Synonym(s): foothold, footing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
F88te \F[88]te\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {F[88]ted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {F[88]ting}.] [Cf. F. f[88]ter.]       To feast; to honor with a festival.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov.       D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf.       {Fade}, a., {Vade}.]       1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay;             to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.                         The earth mourneth and fadeth away.   --Is. xxiv. 4.          2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint             in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. [bd]Flowers             that never fade.[b8] --Milton.          3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to             vanish.                         The stars shall fade away.                  --Addison                         He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fading \Fad"ing\, n.       An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. [bd]Fading is a       fine jig.[b8] [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fading \Fad"ing\, a.       Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of       color, freshness, or vigor. -- {Fad"ing*ly}, adv. --       {Fad"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fading \Fad"ing\, a.       Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of       color, freshness, or vigor. -- {Fad"ing*ly}, adv. --       {Fad"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fading \Fad"ing\, a.       Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of       color, freshness, or vigor. -- {Fad"ing*ly}, adv. --       {Fad"ing*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fatness \Fat"ness\, n.       1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed;             corpulency; fullness of flesh.                         Their eyes stand out with fatness.      --Ps. lxxiii.                                                                               7.          2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.                         Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. --Rowe.          3. That which makes fat or fertile.                         The clouds drop fatness.                     --Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fattiness \Fat"ti*ness\, n.       State or quality of being fatty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Finochio \[d8]Fi*no"chi*o\ (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel,       LL. fenuclum. See {Fennel}.] (Bot.)       An umbelliferous plant ({F[d2]niculum dulce}) having a       somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are       used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Featness \Feat"ness\, n.       Skill; adroitness. [Archaic] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feed \Feed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Feeding}.] [AS. f[?]dan, fr. f[?]da food; akin to C?.       f[?]dian, OFries f[?]da, f[?]da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan,       Icel. f[91][?]a, Sw. f[94]da, Dan. f[94]de. [?] 75. See       {Food}.]       1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy             the physical huger of.                         If thine enemy hunger, feed him.         --Rom. xii.                                                                               20.                         Unreasonable reatures feed their young. --Shak.          2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent,             taste, or desire.                         I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.                                                                               --Shak.                         Feeding him with the hope of liberty. --Knolles.          3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or             wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill;             to feed a furnace with coal.          4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen,             develop, and guard.                         Thou shalt feed people Israel.            --2 Sam. v. 2.                         Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. --B.                                                                               Cornwall.          5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by             cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it             with sheep.                         Once in three years feed your mowing lands.                                                                               --Mortimer.          6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for             consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed             water to a steam boiler.          7. (Mach.)             (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a                   machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.             (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in                   wood and metal working machines, so that the work                   moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeding \Feed"ing\, n.       1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process             of fattening.          2. That which is eaten; food.          3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for             animals; pasture land.          {Feeding bottle}. See under {Bottle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottle \Bot"tle\, n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille,       F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta,       flask. Cf. {Butt} a cask.]       1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but             formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for             holding liquids.          2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains;             as, to drink a bottle of wine.          3. Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason in             the bottle.          Note: Bottle is much used adjectively, or as the first part                of a compound.          {Bottle ale}, bottled ale. [Obs.] --Shak.          {Bottle brush}, a cylindrical brush for cleansing the             interior of bottles.          {Bottle fish} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of deep-sea eel             ({Saccopharynx ampullaceus}), remarkable for its baglike             gullet, which enables it to swallow fishes two or three             times its won size.          {Bottle flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Bluebottle}.          {Bottle glass}, a coarse, green glass, used in the             manufacture of bottles. --Ure.          {Bottle gourd} (Bot.), the common gourd or calabash             ({Lagenaria Vulgaris}), whose shell is used for bottles,             dippers, etc.          {Bottle grass} (Bot.), a nutritious fodder grass ({Setaria             glauca} and {S. viridis}); -- called also {foxtail}, and             {green foxtail}.          {Bottle tit} (Zo[94]l.), the European long-tailed titmouse;             -- so called from the shape of its nest.          {Bottle tree} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Sterculia             rupestris}), with a bottle-shaped, or greatly swollen,             trunk.          {Feeding bottle}, {Nursing bottle}, a bottle with a rubber             nipple (generally with an intervening tube), used in             feeding infants.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Feeding \Feed"ing\, n.       1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process             of fattening.          2. That which is eaten; food.          3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for             animals; pasture land.          {Feeding bottle}. See under {Bottle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitness \Fit"ness\, n.       The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of       measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Fitting}.]       1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended;             to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or             preparation.                         The time is fitted for the duty.         --Burke.                         The very situation for which he was peculiarly                      fitted by nature.                              --Macaulay.          2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to             adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the             work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.                         The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he                      fitteth it with planes.                     --Is. xliv.                                                                               13.          3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that             is shaped and adjusted to the use required.                         No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.                                                                               --Shak.          4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be             correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits             you, put it on.                         That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions.                                                                               --Shak.                         That time best fits the work.            --Shak.          {To fit out}, to supply with necessaries or means; to             furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.          {To fit up}, to firnish with things suitable; to make proper             for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to             fit up a room for a guest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, n.       Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary       fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study;       gas fittings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.       Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- {Fit"ting*ly}, adv. --       {Fit"ting*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.       Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- {Fit"ting*ly}, adv. --       {Fit"ting*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.       Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- {Fit"ting*ly}, adv. --       {Fit"ting*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foot \Foot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Footed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Footing}.]       1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.             --Dryden.          2. To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Footing \Foot"ing\, n.       1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm             foundation to stand on.                         In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help                      to the next.                                       --Holder.          2. Standing; position; established place; basis for             operation; permanent settlement; foothold.                         As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the                      charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite.                                                                               --Macaulay.          3. Relative condition; state.                         Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.                                                                               --Macaulay.          4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread.                         Hark, I hear the footing of a man.      --Shak.          5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or             sum total of such a column.          6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is             added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.          7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.          8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly             deprived of oil. --Simmonds.          9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or sloping portion of a             wall, or of an embankment at its foot.          {Footing course} (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at             the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above.          {To pay one's footing}, to pay a fee on first doing anything,             as working at a trade or in a shop. --Wright.          {Footing beam}, the tie beam of a roof.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Footing \Foot"ing\, n.       1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm             foundation to stand on.                         In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help                      to the next.                                       --Holder.          2. Standing; position; established place; basis for             operation; permanent settlement; foothold.                         As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the                      charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite.                                                                               --Macaulay.          3. Relative condition; state.                         Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.                                                                               --Macaulay.          4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread.                         Hark, I hear the footing of a man.      --Shak.          5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or             sum total of such a column.          6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is             added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.          7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.          8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly             deprived of oil. --Simmonds.          9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or sloping portion of a             wall, or of an embankment at its foot.          {Footing course} (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at             the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above.          {To pay one's footing}, to pay a fee on first doing anything,             as working at a trade or in a shop. --Wright.          {Footing beam}, the tie beam of a roof.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Footing \Foot"ing\, n.       1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm             foundation to stand on.                         In ascent, every step gained is a footing and help                      to the next.                                       --Holder.          2. Standing; position; established place; basis for             operation; permanent settlement; foothold.                         As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the                      charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite.                                                                               --Macaulay.          3. Relative condition; state.                         Lived on a footing of equality with nobles.                                                                               --Macaulay.          4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread.                         Hark, I hear the footing of a man.      --Shak.          5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or             sum total of such a column.          6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is             added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.          7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.          8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly             deprived of oil. --Simmonds.          9. (Arch. & Enging.) The thickened or sloping portion of a             wall, or of an embankment at its foot.          {Footing course} (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at             the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above.          {To pay one's footing}, to pay a fee on first doing anything,             as working at a trade or in a shop. --Wright.          {Footing beam}, the tie beam of a roof.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Feeding Hills, MA       Zip code(s): 01030