fas

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of fa
2. (Scotland, obsolete)A border or fringe.
3. (Scotland, obsolete)A thing represented as being worthless.

   “Not worth a fas”

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of fetal alcohol syndrome.

   “She said people with FAS are on a spectrum, have a wide range of intelligences, that the intelligence test is biased, and that I got strong intuition and street smarts, that I’m smart where it counts, which I already knew, but when she told me it felt good, like I didn’t really know it until she said it like that.”

5. (form-of, plural)plural of FA

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Financial Assistance Scheme.

   “In fact, 18 students in my class are under the FAS, compared to an average of four students in each of the other Primary Six classes.”

2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Federation of American Scientists.

   “FAS estimates Russia has 1,816 tactical, or non-strategic, weapons (shorter range and intended for use in battle rather than for the destruction of whole cities).”

3. (Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism)Initialism of Federation Air Service.
4. A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
5. (form-of, plural)plural of FA

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of free alongside ship.