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fer

[ fur; unstressed fer ]
/ fɜr; unstressed fər /
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preposition, conjunction Informal.

for.

RELATED WORDS

at, bad, blue, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, bleeding, dragged

Nearby words

  1. feoffee,
  2. feoffment,
  3. feosol,
  4. fepa,
  5. fepc,
  6. fer de lance,
  7. fer-de-lance,
  8. fera,
  9. ferae naturae,
  10. feral

-fer

a combining form meaning “that which carries” the thing specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: aquifer; conifer; foraminifer.

Origin of -fer

< Latin, derivative of ferre to bear1, in L generally forming adjectives; the corresponding E adjectives add -ous; see -ferous
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British Dictionary definitions for fer

-fer

n combining form

indicating a person or thing that bears something specifiedcrucifer; conifer

Word Origin for -fer

from Latin, from ferre to bear
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