ef-


  1. variant of ex-1 (by assimilation) before f: efficient.

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How to use ef- in a sentence

  • ED is education, it's just shorter this way, And EF is for F, like "What the ef word did you just play?"

  • It is classified as an ef-5 storm, the most powerful tornado of all.

    Storm Hits Joplin | Terry Greene Sterling | May 25, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Blamed ef I'd lived in a country all my life, ef I wouldn't know better'n to git caught out in such weather's this!

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • I don't want ter see ennybody put upon, nor noways sufferin', ef so be's I kin help; but thet ain't ennythin' stronary, ez I know.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • But ef Jos keeps on, airnin' ez much ez he hez so fur, he's goin' ter pay the Injun part on 't, when he cums.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Thar couldn't nothin' kill her, short er wild beasts, ef she hed ther baby 'n her arms!

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Cuss him to-night, ef he's alive; an' ef his bed is soff' as wool, doan let him sleep for thinkin' of Miss Dory.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes