Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - futtock

n. each of the middle timbers of a ship's frame, between the floor and the top timbers. Etymology: ME votekes etc. pl. f. MLG f. fot FOOT + - ken -KIN FUTURE adj. & n. --adj. 1 a going or expected to happen or be or become (his future career). b that will be something specified (my future wife). c that will be after death (a future life). 2 a of time to come (future years). b Gram. (of a tense or participle) describing an event yet to happen. --n. 1 time to come (past, present, and future). 2 what will happen in the future (the future is uncertain). 3 the future condition of a person, country, etc. 4 a prospect of success etc. (there's no future in it). 5 Gram. the future tense. 6 (in pl.) Stock Exch. a goods and stocks sold for future delivery. b contracts for these. Phrases and idioms for the future = in future. future perfect Gram. a tense giving the sense will have done. future shock inability to cope with rapid progress. in future from now onwards. Derivatives futureless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF futur -ure f. L futurus future part. of esse be f. stem fu- be