what does fool mean?
FOOL as NOUN
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- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
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- a person who lacks good judgment
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- Meaning
- a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
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FOOL as VERB
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- Enough horsing around–let’’s get back to work!
- The bored children were fooling about
Hypernyms(s) fool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can”t fool me!
Hypernyms(s) fool is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- spend frivolously and unwisely
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- Fritter away one’’s inheritance
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