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FOES

"FOES" is a plural of: foe.

Date "FOES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Specialty Definition: FOES

DomainDefinition

Solar

The maximum ORDINARY MODE radiowave frequency capable of reflec- tion from the SPORADIC E REGION of the IONOSPHERE. (references)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FOES

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FOES

EnglishFirst-order equipment selectorN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: FOES

English words defined with "FOES": CombatableenemyfoeTo play snow one's cards. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FOES": Back and Edge, BannerCamillus, Cockade, Cockle Shells, Comet, CopperheadsDum Spiro, SperoInogeneKnifeLord's PrayerMusitsThese, Those. (references)

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Modern Usage: FOES

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Water scorches like acid, and fledglings are devastated by sunlight's touch I would have to modify my tactics to suit my foes. (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce)

Lyrics

Beaches, houses, hoes, foes, friends (Between Me and You; performing artist: Ja Rule)

Movie/TV Titles

Fee Fie Foes (1961)

Friends and Foes (1915)

Neighbors or Foes (1996)

Foes (1977)

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Commercial Usage: FOES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Buttons & Foes (reference)

  • Joe Dunce in Blast Alley : reflections on terrorist fanatics & their foes (reference)

  • Pink Floyd: Through the Eyes of ... the Band, Its Fans, Friends and Foes (reference)

  • Saints and strangers : being the lives of the Pilgrim Fathers and their families, with their friends and foes ; and an account of the posthumous wanderings in limbo, their final resurrection and rise to glory, and the strange pilgrimages of Plymouth Rock (reference)

  • Secret Societies: Foes of the Nephilim (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Image Slideshow: FOES

Computer Images:
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Familiar Quotations: FOES

AuthorQuotation

Elbert Hubbard

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition, and incompetence.

Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.

John Dryden

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

Miguel De Cervantes

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Siddha Nagarjuna

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

Thomas Jefferson

The sword of the law should never fall but on those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes.

Virgil

Our foes will provide us with arms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Spoken Usage: FOES

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

We're not the ones saying that people of African decent can't be racist, or trying to defeat foes by throwing around the term at anyone whose ideas we fear.

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Usage Frequency: FOES

"FOES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 93.75% of the time. "FOES" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)93.75%9034,744
Lexical Verb (-s form)4.17%4175,879
Noun (proper)2.08%2245,945
                    Total100.00%96N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FOES

Language Translations for "FOES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Feinde (enemies, fiends). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oesfay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: FOES

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Avestan200-600

hamerethanãm. (various references)

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Bible Trace: FOES

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 2, Verse 35
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEwV an qw touV ecqrouV sou upopodion twn podwn sou
Latin405VulgateDonec ponam inimicos tuos scabillum pedum tuorum
Old English990West SaxonOð ic do þæt þine feondbeon þinum fotum fotstol."’ c
Middle English1395WyclifSitte thou on my riyt half, til Y putte thin enemyes a stool of thi feet.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleVntill I make thy fooes thy fote stole.
Jacobean English1611King JamesUntil I make thy foes thy footstool.
Victorian English1833WebsterUntil I make thy foes thy footstool.
Basic English1964OgdenTill I put all those who are against you under your feet.

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Matched Bible Translations: FOES

LanguageActs Chapter 2, Verse 35
Albanianderisa unë t'i vë armiqtë e tu si stol të këmbëve të tua!".
Cebuanohangtud nga ang imong mga kaaway pagahimoon ko nang tumbanan sa imong mga tiil.`
Croatiandok ne položim neprijatelje tvoje za podnožje nogama tvojim!
Danishindtil jeg får lagt dine Fjender som en Skammel for dine Fødder."
DutchTotdat Ik Uw vijanden zal gezet hebben tot een voetbank Uwer voeten.
Finnishkunnes minä panen sinun vihollisesi sinun jalkojesi astinlaudaksi.`
FrenchJusqu`Ã ce que je fasse de tes ennemis ton marchepied.
Germanbis daß ich deine Feinde lege zum Schemel deiner Füße."
Haitian Creolejouk tan mwen fè lènmi ou yo tounen yon ti ban pou lonje pye ou.
HungarianMíglen vetem a te ellenségeidet lábaid alá zsámolyul.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDuduklah di sebelah kanan-Ku, sampai Aku membuat musuh-musuh-Mu takluk kepada-Mu!'
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamasehingga Aku menaklukkan segala musuh-Mu menjadi alas kaki-Mu.
Italianfinché io ponga i tuoi nemici come sgabello ai tuoi piedi.
MaoriKia meinga ra ano e ahau ou hoariri hei turanga waewae mou.
Norwegiantil jeg får lagt dine fiender til skammel for dine føtter!
Portugueseaté que eu ponha os teus inimigos por escabelo de teus pés.   
Rumanianpknqce voi pune pe vrqjmawii Tqi supt picioarele Tale.`
RussianÐ"ПЛПМЕ РПМПЦХ ЧТБЗПЧ фЧПЙИ Ч РПÐ"ОПЦЙЕ ОПЗ фЧПЙИ.
ShuarAme nemasrumin nupetkattajai. Nu Túruntsain jui Pujustá' Tímiayi." Nuní aarmaiti Jesusnan, Tímiayi.
Spanishhasta que ponga a tus enemigos por estrado de tus pies."
Swahilihadi nitakapowafanya adui zako kibao cha kukanyagia miguu yako.`
Swedishtill dess jag har lagt dina fiender dig till en fotapall.
Umaduu' -na kupopengkoru hawe'ea bali' -nu hi Iko.'

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Misspellings: FOES

Misspellings

"FOES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: efos, faesc, feo, feods, fes, fesw, ffees, fies, foase, foea, foeb, foed, foee, foeg, foen, foer, foest, foet, foey, foez, Fogels, foins, fois, foix, fokes, foks, fones, foos, fos, fose, fosel, foser, Fosh, fosk, Fous, foves, fowe, fows, foxs, foys, fozes, fres, fses, ftes, fuis, fuose, fus, fwes, ofays, ofee, Ofek, of'em, Ofos, ofs, voes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "FOES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "FOES" (pronounced fō"z)
2-ō" zarose, bestows, blows, Brose, chose, close, compose, crows, decompose, depose, disclose, dispose, doze, Eaux, enclose, expose, flows, foreclose, forgoes, froze, glows, goes, grows, hoes, hose, impose, interpose, Joes, juxtapose, knows, Lowes, lows, noes, nose, ohs, oppose, ose, overexpose, owes, plainclothes, pose, pows, predispose, presuppose, propose, pros, prose, reimpose, repose, roes, rose, rows, shows, slows, snows, sows, superimpose, suppose, tarots, those, throes, throws, toes, tows, transpose, woes.

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Anagrams: FOES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-f-o-s"

-1 letter: efs, foe, oes, ose.

-2 letters: ef, es, oe, of, os, so.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-o-s"
 

+1 letter: feods, floes, fores, fosse, foxes, froes.

 

+2 letters: befogs, defogs, felons, feoffs, fetors, ficoes, filose, foehns, foetus, fogeys, fogies, folles, forces, forest, forges, formes, fortes, fossae, fosses, foster, foveas, foyers, fresco, fucose, gofers, gonefs, offers, offset, oftest, setoff, soften, softer, softie.

 

+3 letters: befools, befouls, bouffes, coffees, coffers, coffles, coiffes, confers, confess, confuse, defoams, defocus, deforms, defrost, doffers, efforts, eftsoon, enfolds, fatsoes, fedoras, feijoas, felloes, fellows, ferrous, fervors, festoon, flexors, floosie, florets, flossed, flosses, flossie, flowers, foamers, focused, focuser, focuses, fodders, foetors, foggers, fogless, foibles, foisted, folates, folders, foliose, folkies, follies, foments, fomites, fondest, fondles, fondues, foodies, footers, footies, footles, footsie, foozles, forages, forceps, forcers, fordoes, foresaw, foresee, forests, forgers, forgets, forgoes, forkers, formers, forsake, forties, fossate, fosters, foulest, fowlers, foxiest, foziest, frescos, frontes, frosted, fucoses, fulsome, fungoes, furores, goffers, golfers, hoofers, loafers, lofters, nonself, offends, offense, offices, offsets, offside, olefins, oneself, ourself, pouffes, profess, profuse, reflows, refocus, refolds, reforms, reroofs, rolfers, roofers, safrole, scoffed, scoffer, seafood, seafowl, selfdom, sendoff, serfdom, setoffs, softens, softest, softies, solfege, souffle, spoofed, spoofer, sulfone, toffees, toffies, twofers, wolfers, woofers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Usage Frequency
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Bible Trace
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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