| folk music |
music originated, handed down, and played or sung by the common folk of a region or country, often fairly simple and repetitive in structure. [2 definitions] |
| folk-rock |
popular music that combines characteristic elements of folk music and rock-'n'-roll, often using lyrics similar to the former, with rhythm from the latter, as in songs of social protest. |
| folks |
(informal) parents or family members. [2 definitions] |
| folk singer |
someone who sings folk music, esp. professionally. |
| folk song |
a piece of vocal folk music. [2 definitions] |
| folksy |
casually sociable; informal; neighborly; unceremonious. |
| folk tale |
a story of anonymous authorship, passed on orally by the common people of a region or country, and often incorporating the myths and legends of that people, or including a moral. |
| folkway |
(often pl.) a pattern of life or mode of thought or action shared by a people as part of their traditional culture. |
| follicle |
a small cavity or sac with a narrow mouth, such as that surrounding the root of each hair. [3 definitions] |
| follow |
to come or go after or behind. [15 definitions] |
| follower |
a student, disciple, or adherent of the teachings or ideas of another. [4 definitions] |
| following |
a group of followers, supporters, or adherents. [5 definitions] |
| follow in someone's footsteps |
to pursue a course of action very similar to that of someone else. |
| follow in the footsteps of |
to follow after, in succession or imitation. |
| follow one's nose |
to move or act according to instinct. |
| follow-through |
the act or process of carrying on with an activity or project, esp. to completion. [2 definitions] |
| follow-up |
the act or process of following up, esp. with something that may increase the effectiveness of an earlier action. [4 definitions] |
| follow up |
to pursue or act further concerning (something), esp. so as to bring it to a conclusion or to find an answer. [3 definitions] |
| folly |
use of poor judgment, or lack of common sense. [4 definitions] |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. [2 definitions] |
| fomentation |
the act of instigating or encouraging the development of discord, discontent, or the like. [2 definitions] |