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foe

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noun

a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.

a military enemy; hostile army.

a person belonging to a hostile army or nation.

an opponent in a game or contest; adversary: a political foe.

a person who is opposed in feeling, principle, etc., to something: a foe to progress in civil rights.

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a thing that is harmful to or destructive of something: Sloth is the foe of health.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English foo, Old English fāh hostile, gefāh enemy; cognate with Old High German gifēh at war. See feud¹

Synonyms
1. See enemy. 1, 3–5. opponent, antagonist.

Antonyms
1–3. friend.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Unfortunately for many people, the immune system has difficulty telling friend from foe when confronted with cancer.

There are still a couple countries which still harbor the cold war mentality that you either are friend or foe.

During a fight, for example, false bravado may make a foe back down.

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Unfortunately for many people, the immune system has difficulty telling friend from foe when confronted with cancer.

There are still a couple countries which still harbor the cold war mentality that you either are friend or foe.

During a fight, for example, false bravado may make a foe back down.

Pervasive, elusive and tough, cancer has proved to be a formidable foe against generations of bright and well-funded researchers.

When it fears attack, the snake bows its head, effectively daring its foe to bite into the poison-filled glands.

Before long, seemingly without effort, he has annihilated his foe.

But he has already done well to topple a seemingly unbeatable foe.

He came not to humiliate the decisively defeated foe.

Almost all of the transformed plants remained tumor-free after infection with their bacterial foe.

But female priests are foiled by friend, as well as foe.

They have sharp stingers on the heels of their rear feet and can use them to deliver a strong toxic blow to any foe.

There are numerous studies on the overall lifetime cost of nuclear power from both friend and foe.

But barely a third of the audience opted to watch the boy wizard battle his snake-faced foe in three dimensions.

Interestingly, the result was a simple derating of the system relative to a memoryless system except foe extreme cases.

Like it or not, you are ill-informed because you are unable to demonstrate an understanding of your foe.

Others mark the coming of age, signify tribal rank, or distinguish friend from foe.

For now, the opium poppy's biggest foe is its own success.

Scotland's long-suffering inhabitants and tourists face a formidable foe.

It would also undermine its rightful claim to be fighting for justice and civilised values against a foe who respects neither.

The invaders meet any foe aggressively, releasing noxious chemicals during.

One day, the plasma might even be used to kill a foe.

He observes people talking to him, and doesn't know who's a friend and who's a foe.

Try to understand your foe and you might be surprised.

The sequel pits players against a new, apparently insurmountable foe.

The invaders meet any foe aggressively, releasing noxious chemicals during battle.

The sender of a message didn't have to worry about an enemy listening in, even if the foe knew how the system worked.

My final foe guarded a chest in one of the upstairs rooms.

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World English Dictionary

foe (fəʊ)

—n
	formal, literary or another word for enemy

[Old English fāh hostile; related to Old High German fēhan to hate, Old Norse feikn dreadful; see feud¹]

FoE or FOE

—*abbreviation for*
	Friends of the Earth

FOE or FOE

—*abbreviation for*

FoE or FOE

—*abbreviation for*
	Friends of the Earth

FOE or FOE

—*abbreviation for*

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Word Origin & History

foe

O.E. gefa "adversary in deadly feud," from fah "at feud, hostile," from P.Gmc. *fakhaz (cf. O.H.G. fehan "to hate," Goth. faih "deception"), probably from PIE base *peik- "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (cf. Skt. pisunah "malicious," picacah "demon;" Gk. pikros "bitter;" Lith. piktas "wicked, angry,"

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pekti "to blame"). Weaker sense of "adversary" is first recorded c.1600.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

FOE

Fraternal Order of Eagles
Friends of the Earth

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