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fowl
fowla bird used for food or hunted as game; chicken, turkey, duck, pheasant
Not to be confused with:foul – unfair; unclean; rotten; grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome: a foul smell; unfavorable: foul weatherfowl F0277600 (foul)n. pl. fowl or fowls 1. Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus domesticus).2. a. A bird, such as a duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.b. The flesh of such birds used as food.3. A bird of any kind.intr.v. fowled, fowl·ing, fowls To hunt, trap, or shoot wildfowl.
[Middle English foul, from Old English fugol; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fowl′er n.fowl (faʊl) n1. (Animals) See domestic fowl2. (Animals) any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game. See also waterfowl, wildfowl3. (Cookery) the flesh or meat of fowl, esp of chicken4. (Animals) an archaic word for any birdvb (Hunting) (intr) to hunt or snare wildfowl[Old English fugol; related to Old Frisian fugel, Old Norse fogl, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogal]fowl (faʊl)
n., pl. fowls, (esp. collectively) fowl,
n. 1. any domestic hen or rooster; chicken. 2. any of several other, usu. gallinaceous, birds, as turkeys or pheasants. 3. a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl. 4. the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl. 5. any bird (used chiefly in combination): waterfowl; wildfowl. v.i. 6. to hunt or take wildfowl. [before 900; Middle English foul, Old English fugol, fugel; c. Old Saxon fugal, Old High German fogal] fowl (foul)1. A bird, such as a chicken, duck, or dove, that is raised or hunted for food.2. In scientific usage, any of various birds having large heavy bodies, short wings, and legs built for running and scratching the ground. Most fowl nest on the ground. The turkey, pheasant, quail, grouse, partridge, and chicken are fowl.fowl, poultry - Chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants, and turkey are fowl in the wild and poultry if domesticated.See also related terms for poultry.fowl
Past participle: fowled
Gerund: fowling
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| I fowl | | you fowl | | he/she/it fowls | | we fowl | | you fowl | | they fowl |
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| I fowled | | you fowled | | he/she/it fowled | | we fowled | | you fowled | | they fowled |
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| I am fowling | | you are fowling | | he/she/it is fowling | | we are fowling | | you are fowling | | they are fowling |
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| I have fowled | | you have fowled | | he/she/it has fowled | | we have fowled | | you have fowled | | they have fowled |
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| I was fowling | | you were fowling | | he/she/it was fowling | | we were fowling | | you were fowling | | they were fowling |
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| I had fowled | | you had fowled | | he/she/it had fowled | | we had fowled | | you had fowled | | they had fowled |
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| I will fowl | | you will fowl | | he/she/it will fowl | | we will fowl | | you will fowl | | they will fowl |
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| I will have fowled | | you will have fowled | | he/she/it will have fowled | | we will have fowled | | you will have fowled | | they will have fowled |
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| I will be fowling | | you will be fowling | | he/she/it will be fowling | | we will be fowling | | you will be fowling | | they will be fowling |
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| I have been fowling | | you have been fowling | | he/she/it has been fowling | | we have been fowling | | you have been fowling | | they have been fowling |
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| I will have been fowling | | you will have been fowling | | he/she/it will have been fowling | | we will have been fowling | | you will have been fowling | | they will have been fowling |
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| I had been fowling | | you had been fowling | | he/she/it had been fowling | | we had been fowling | | you had been fowling | | they had been fowling |
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| I would fowl | | you would fowl | | he/she/it would fowl | | we would fowl | | you would fowl | | they would fowl |
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| I would have fowled | | you would have fowled | | he/she/it would have fowled | | we would have fowled | | you would have fowled | | they would have fowled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fowl - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowldomestic fowl, poultrygallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birdsDorking - an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)Plymouth Rock - an American breed of domestic fowlCornish fowl, Cornish - English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roastersRock Cornish - small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowlgame fowl - any of several breeds reared for cockfightingcochin, cochin china - Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legsgenus Gallus, Gallus - common domestic birds and related formsGallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowlbantam - any of various small breeds of fowlMeleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for foodguinea fowl, Numida meleagris, guinea - a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the worldsaddle - posterior part of the back of a domestic fowlpoultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | | 2. |  fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as foodbirdbird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingswishbone, wishing bone - the furcula of a domestic fowlpoultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for foodwildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for fooddrumstick - the lower joint of the leg of a fowlsecond joint, thigh - the upper joint of the leg of a fowlwing - the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"giblet, giblets - edible viscera of a fowloyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowlparson's nose, pope's nose - the tail of a dressed fowlmeat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as fooddark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food | | Verb | 1. | fowl - hunt fowlhunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" | | 2. | fowl - hunt fowl in the forestgrouse - hunt grousehunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
fowlnoun poultry Ducks and many other animals are fowl.Related words
adjective gallinaceous
male cock
female henTypes of fowl American wigeon or baldpate, Ancona chicken, Andalusian chicken, Australorp chicken, bantam chicken, barnacle goose, Bewick's swan, black swan, blue duck, blue goose, Brahma chicken, brush turkey, bufflehead, Campine chicken, Canada goose, canvasback, Cochin chicken, cock or cockerel, Dorking chicken, duck, eider or eider duck, Faverolle chicken, gadwall, goldeneye, goosander, goose, greylag or greylag goose, Hamburg chicken, harlequin duck, hen, Houdan chicken, Leghorn chicken, magpie goose, mallard, mallee fowl or (Austral.) gnow, mandarin duck, marsh hen, megapode, merganser or sawbill, Minorca chicken, moorhen, Muscovy duck or musk duck, mute swan, nene, New Hampshire chicken, Orpington chicken, paradise duck, pintail, Plymouth Rock chicken, pochard, redhead, Rhode Island Red chicken, ruddy duck, scaup or scaup duck, screamer, sea duck, shelduck, shoveler, smew, snow goose, sultan, Sumatra chicken, Sussex chicken, swan, teal, trumpeter swan, turkey, velvet scoter, whistling swan, whooper or whooper swan, wigeon or widgeon, wood duck, Wyandotte chickenTranslationsfowl (faul) – plurals fowl ~fowls – noun a bird, especially domestic, eg hens, ducks, geese etc. He keeps fowls and a few pigs. 家禽 家禽fowl
neither fish, flesh, nor fowlNeither one thing nor another; not belonging to any suitable class or description; not recognizable or characteristic of any one particular thing. We require a solution that directly deals with the issue at hand, but what the chancellor has put forward is, to my mind, neither fish, flesh nor fowl.See also: fowl, neither, norrun foul of (someone or something)To be in severe disagreement, trouble, or difficulty with someone or something; to be at odds with someone or something, especially due to disobeying rules or laws. Always look into the laws of any place you visit, or you may end up unwittingly running foul of the local police. Ms. Banks has run foul of this university for the last time. She is no longer welcome here!See also: foul, of, runbe neither fish nor fowlTo be difficult to describe or definitively categorize. What genre of music is this? It's neither fish nor fowl to me.See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither fish nor fowlNeither one thing nor another; not belonging to any suitable class or description; not recognizable or characteristic of any one particular thing. We require a solution that directly deals with the issue at hand, but the proposal that has been put forward is, to my mind, neither fish nor fowl.See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither fish nor fowlCliché not any recognizable thing. The car that they drove up in was neither fish nor fowl. It must have been made out of spare parts. This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing.See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither fish nor fowlAlso, neither fish nor flesh; neither fish, flesh, nor fowl. Not one or the other, not something fitting any category under discussion. For example, They felt he was neither fish nor fowl-not qualified to lead the department, yet not appropriate to work as a staff member either . This expression appeared in slightly different form in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection ("Neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring") and is thought to allude to food for monks ( fish, because they abstained from meat), for the people ( flesh, or meat), and for the poor ( red herring, a very cheap fish). See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither fish nor fowl If something or someone is neither fish nor fowl, they are difficult to identify or understand, because they seem partly like one thing and partly like another. Brunel's vessel was neither fish nor fowl: a passenger liner too ugly and dirty to offer much beyond novelty value. In the American sports press, this athlete is neither fish nor fowl, neither American nor entirely foreign. Note: People occasionally replace fish with flesh. She didn't look one of anything to Oatsie, neither flesh nor fowl, neither idiot nor intellectual. Note: `Fowl' is an old-fashioned word for a hen or other bird. See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither fish nor fowl (nor good red herring) of indefinite character and difficult to identify or classify. This expression arose with reference to dietary laws formerly laid down by the Church during periods of fasting or abstinence.See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither ˌfish nor ˈfowl neither one thing nor another: Graduate teaching assistants are neither fish nor fowl, neither completely students nor teachers.See also: fish, fowl, neither, nor neither fish nor fowl Having no specific characteristics; indefinite.See also: fish, fowl, neither, norneither fish, flesh, nor fowlNot one or the other; not fitting any category. This term dates from the sixteenth century and appeared in John Heywood’s 1546 Proverbs as “She is nother fyshe, nor fleshe, nor good red hearyng [herring].” The analogy refers to food for monks (fish), for the people (meat), and for the poor (red herring). Shakespeare also used the term; when Falstaff insults Mistress Quickly, he says she’s an otter because “She’s neither fish nor flesh; a man knows not where to have her” (Henry IV, Part 1, 3.3).See also: fowl, neither, norneither fish nor fowlHaving no specific characteristics or category, not easily characterized. The phrase, which was originally “neither fish nor flesh nor fowl,” appeared in slightly different form in a 16th-century collection of proverbs as “neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring”: fish for monks who ate no meat, flesh for people who could afford meat, and cheap herring for the poor. The phrase is reminiscent of the old riddle: What is neither fish nor flesh, feathers nor bone/but still has fingers and thumbs of its own? Answer: a glove.See also: fish, fowl, neither, norfowl
fowl: see poultrypoultry,
domesticated fowl kept primarily for meat and eggs; including birds of the order Galliformes, e.g., the chicken, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, quail, and peacock; and natatorial (swimming) birds, e.g., the duck and goose.
..... Click the link for more information. .fowl[fau̇l] (agriculture) A domestic cock or hen, especially an adult hen, such as among chickens or several other gallinaceous birds. fowl1. See domestic fowl2. any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game 3. an archaic word for any birdfowl
fowl (foul)n. pl. fowl or fowls 1. Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus domesticus).2. a. A bird, such as a duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.b. The flesh of such birds used as food.3. A bird of any kind.
fowl′er n.FOWL
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fowl
Related to fowl: fowl choleraSynonyms for fowlnoun poultrySynonymsSynonyms for fowlnoun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowlSynonymsRelated Words- gallinacean
- gallinaceous bird
- Dorking
- Plymouth Rock
- Cornish fowl
- Cornish
- Rock Cornish
- game fowl
- cochin
- cochin china
- genus Gallus
- Gallus
- Gallus gallus
- chicken
- bantam
- Meleagris gallopavo
- turkey
- guinea fowl
- Numida meleagris
- guinea
- saddle
- poultry
noun the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as foodSynonymsRelated Words- bird
- wishbone
- wishing bone
- poultry
- wildfowl
- drumstick
- second joint
- thigh
- wing
- giblet
- giblets
- oyster
- parson's nose
- pope's nose
- meat
- dark meat
verb hunt fowlRelated Words- hunt
- hunt down
- track down
- run
verb hunt fowl in the forestRelated Words- grouse
- hunt
- hunt down
- track down
- run
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