foe (redirected from FOES)

foe  (f)

n.

1. A personal enemy.

2. An enemy in war.

3. An adversary; an opponent: a foe of tax reform. See Synonyms at enemy.

4. Something that opposes, injures, or impedes: taxes that were the foe of economic development.

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[Middle English fo, from Old English gef, from fh, hostile.]

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foe [fəʊ]

n

Formal or literary another word for enemy

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

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FoE, FOE

abbreviation for

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) Friends of the Earth

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	foe - an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" foeman, enemy, opposition enemy - an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" adversary, antagonist, opposer, resister, opponent - someone who offers opposition besieger - an enemy who lays siege to your position
	2.	foe - a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" enemy mortal enemy - an enemy who wants to kill you challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" ally, friend - an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"

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foe

noun enemy, rival, opponent, adversary, antagonist, foeman (archaic) support any friend, oppose any foe
friend, partner, ally, companion, comrade, confederate, main man (slang, chiefly U.S.), cobber (Austral. or old-fashioned N.Z. informal)

Translations

foe [fəʊ] N (poet) → enemigo m

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FOE [ˌɛfəʊˈiː] n abbr

(=Friends of the Earth) → AT mpl (=Amis de la Terre)

(US) (=Fraternal Order of Eagles) organisation charitable

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foe [ˈfəʊ] n → ennemi(e) m/f

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foe

n (liter) → Feind(in) m(f), → Widersacher(in) m(f) (geh)

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FOE [ˌɛfəʊˈiː] n abbr

a. =Friends of the Earth → Lega Ambiente

b. (Am) =Fraternal Order of Eagles organizzazione filantropica

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foe [fəʊ] n (liter) → nemico/a

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FOE [ˌɛfəʊˈiː] n abbr

a. =Friends of the Earth → Lega Ambiente

b. (Am) =Fraternal Order of Eagles organizzazione filantropica

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foe [fəʊ] n (liter) → nemico/a

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foe

n foe [fəu]

an enemy He fought against the foe. vyand عَدو враг nepřítel fjende der Feind εχθρός enemigo vaenlane دشمن vihollinen ennemi/-ie אוֹיֵב दुश्मन neprijatelj, protivnik ellenség musuh óvinur nemico 敵 적 priešas ienaidnieks musuh vijand fiende wróg inimigo duşman враг nepriateľ sovražnik neprijatelj fiende, motståndare, ovän ศัตรู düşman 敵人 ворог دشمن kẻ thù 敌人