Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for fid. Search instead for fids.

fid

1 American  
[fid] / fɪd /

noun

Nautical.
  1. a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.

  2. a stout bar used to hold a running bowsprit in its extended position.

  3. a wooden or metal pin for parting strands of a rope.

  4. a bar or pin used as a key or toggle.


-fid 2 American  
  1. a combining form meaning “divided,” “lobed,” occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin (bifid ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (pinnatifid ).


fid. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. fiduciary.


fid 1 British  
/ fɪd /

noun

  1. a spike for separating strands of rope in splicing

  2. a wooden or metal bar for supporting the heel of a topmast

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-fid 2 British  

combining form

  1. divided into parts or lobes

    bifid

    pinnatifid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fid1

First recorded in 1605–15; origin uncertain

Origin of -fid2

< Latin -fidus divided, equivalent to -fid- (variant stem of findere to split) + -us adj. suffix

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Then as soon as I fid someone, he cancels everything?

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019

He picked them up, took the fid off the can, and painstakingly pulled the bag out while trying not to make very much noise.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

"Will that fid hold?" questioned Tom examining the spot.

From Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes for that purpose.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Plump! goes a fid of it into his tea, which splashes up in his face.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm