[fɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm
(e.g: I cowered in fear as bullets whizzed past)


Phrases:
- for fear of
- never fear
- no fear
- put the fear of God in someone
- without fear or favour

Origin:
Old English fǣr ‘calamity, danger’, fǣran ‘frighten’, also ‘revere’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gevaar and German Gefahr ‘danger’

[fɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or harmful
(e.g: I hated him but didn't fear him any more)


Phrases:
- for fear of
- never fear
- no fear
- put the fear of God in someone
- without fear or favour

Origin:
Old English fǣr ‘calamity, danger’, fǣran ‘frighten’, also ‘revere’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gevaar and German Gefahr ‘danger’