fas
fas · fases
A border or fringeA border or fringe.
Meaning
2 senses(Scotland, obsolete)A border or fringe.
(Scotland, obsolete)A thing represented as being worthless.
Not worth a fas
More definitions
- a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
Origin
From Middle English fas, from Old English fæs.From Middle English fas, from Old English fæs.
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Forms
plural: fasesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy:fetal alcohol syndrome
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.