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foe
[ foh ]
/ foʊ /
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noun
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
a military enemy; hostile army.
a person belonging to a hostile army or nation.
an opponent in a game or contest; adversary: a political foe.
a person who is opposed in feeling, principle, etc., to something: a foe to progress in civil rights.
a thing that is harmful to or destructive of something: Sloth is the foe of health.
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Origin of foe
First recorded before 900; Middle English foo, Old English fāh “hostile,” gefāh “enemy”; cognate with Old High German gifēh “at war”; see origin at feud1
synonym study for foe
1. See enemy.
Words nearby foe
focusing cloth, focus puller, fodder, fodderbeet, fodgel, foe, foefie slide, foehn, foeman, foetal, foetation
Other definitions for foe (2 of 2)
F.O.E.
abbreviation
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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British Dictionary definitions for foe (1 of 2)
Word Origin for foe
Old English fāh hostile; related to Old High German fēhan to hate, Old Norse feikn dreadful; see feud 1
British Dictionary definitions for foe (2 of 2)
FoE
FOE
abbreviation for
Friends of the Earth
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