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fingal's cave
  • n  a large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa island in Scotland
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finger
  • n  any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
    her fingers were long and thin
  • n  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
  • n  one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
  • v  feel or handle with the fingers
    finger the binding of the book
  • v  examine by touch
    The customer fingered the sweater
  • v  search for on the computer
    I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons
  • v  indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
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findings
  • n  a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes
  • n  the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
  • n  the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
  • n  something that is found
    the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner
    an area rich in archaeological findings
  • v  come upon, as if by accident; meet with
  • v  discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  • v  come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
  • v  establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
  • v  come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
  • v  perceive or be contemporaneous with
  • v  get something or somebody for a specific purpose
  • v  make a discovery, make a new finding
  • v  make a discovery
  • v  obtain through effort or management
  • v  decide on and make a declaration about
  • v  receive a specified treatment (abstract)
  • v  perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
  • v  get or find back; recover the use of
  • v  succeed in reaching; arrive at
  • v  accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
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fine-leaved heath
  • n  common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
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fine-tooth comb
  • n  a comb with teeth set close together
  • n  a method of examining in minute detail
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fine-toothed comb
  • n  a comb with teeth set close together
  • n  a method of examining in minute detail
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fine art
  • n  the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
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fine arts
  • n  the study and creation of visual works of art
  • n  the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
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fine print
  • n  the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type
  • n  material printed in small type
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