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follower
English
Etymology
From Middle English folwer, folwere, fol?ere, from Old English folgere (“follower; attendant; disciple”), equivalent to follow +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foulger, West Frisian folger, Dutch volger, German Folger, Swedish följare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?l???(?)/
Noun
follower (plural followers)
- (literally) One who follows, comes after another.
- Something that comes after another thing.
- One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
- One who follows mentally, adherer to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another, a movement etc.
- An imitator, who follows another's example.
- A pursuer.
- (Internet) An account holder who subscribes to see content from another account on a social media platform.
- A machine part receiving motion from another.
- A man courting a maidservant.
- Young cattle.
- A metal piece placed at the top of a candle to keep the wax melting evenly.
- (Australian rules football) Any of the three players (the ruckman, ruck rover, and rover) who usually follow the ball around the ground rather than occupying a fixed position.
- (colloquial, dated) A debt collector.
Antonyms
- leader
- precursor
Derived terms
- followership
- nonfollower
Related terms
- following
Translations
Anagrams
- fowl-lore, refollow
French
Etymology
From English follower.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?.l?.wœ?/
Noun
follower m (plural followers)
- (Internet) follower (on Twitter and similar sites)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?.l?.we/
Verb
follower
- (Internet) To follow (on Twitter and similar sites)
Conjugation
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freak
English
Alternative forms
- freake (obsolete)
- freik, freke, frick (Scotland)
Etymology 1
1560, "sudden change of mind, whim", of uncertain origin. Probably from a dialectal word related to Middle English frekynge (“capricious behaviour; whims”) and Middle English friken, frikien (“to move briskly or nimbly”), from Old English frician (“to leap, dance”), or Middle English frek (“insolent, daring”), from Old English frec (“desirous, greedy, eager, bold, daring”), from Proto-Germanic *frekaz, *frakaz (“hard, efficient, greedy, bold, audacious”) (in which case, it would be related to the noun under Etymology 2). Compare Old High German freh (“eager”), Old English fr?cne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?k, IPA(key): /f?i?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
freak (plural freaks)
- A sudden change of mind
- Synonyms: whim, vagary, caprice, fancy; see also Thesaurus:whim
- Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
- Synonyms: anomaly, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- A hippie.
- Synonyms: longhair, treehugger
- A drug addict.
- Synonyms: druggie, user; see also Thesaurus:addict
- (of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (e.g., "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.
- Synonyms: odd duck, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:maverick
- (bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (117.934 kilos).
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- Synonyms: fanatic, geek; see also Thesaurus:fan
- (informal, sometimes endearing) A very sexually perverse individual.
- Synonyms: horn dog, hypersexual, pervert; see also Thesaurus:libidinist
- (dated) A streak of colour; variegation.
- Synonyms: (birds) superciliary, vein
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
freak (third-person singular simple present freaks, present participle freaking, simple past and past participle freaked)
- (intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- 1994, James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-On-Black Love Story, (Alyson Publishing), page 107
- But after one night turned into five days, I was freaking out. I missed him.
- 1994, James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-On-Black Love Story, (Alyson Publishing), page 107
- (transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance.
- (slang, transitive, intransitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
- (transitive, dated) To streak; to variegate
- 1930, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books, (Literary Criticism), page 20
- […] in fine diaper of silver and mother-of-pearl freaking the intense azure; Now scurrying close overhead, wild ink-hued random racers that fling sheeted […]
- 1930, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books, (Literary Criticism), page 20
Derived terms
- freak out
Translations
Adjective
freak (not comparable)
- Strange, weird, unexpected.
- Synonyms: freakish; see also Thesaurus:strange, Thesaurus:lucky
Derived terms
- freak accident
Translations
Further reading
- freak in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- freak in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Etymology 2
From Middle English freke, freike (“a bold man, warrior, man, creature”), from Old English freca (“a bold man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *frekô (“an active or eager man, warrior, wolf”), from *frekaz (“active, bold, desirous, greedy”), from Proto-Indo-European *pereg-, *spereg- (“to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast”). Cognate with Old Norse freki (“greedy or avaricious one, a wolf”), Old High German freh (“eager”), German frech, Old English fr?cne (“dangerous, daring, courageous, bold”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?k, IPA(key): /f?i?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
freak (plural freaks)
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.
Anagrams
- Kafer, faker
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English freak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frik/, /fri?k/
- Hyphenation: freak
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
freak m (plural freaks, diminutive freakje n)
- freak (oddball)
- freak (dedicated fan)
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