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Preposition: for  for
  1. Appropriate to; intended for
    "lessons for beginners"
     
  2. Beneficial to
    "this is for you"
     
  3. Because of
    "I jumped for joy"
     
  4. At a price of, in exchange for
    "selling for less than a dollar"
     
  5. Extending, lasting
    "seemed to take for ages"; "bends for the next ten miles"
     
  6. In favour of
    "I'm for going now before it's too late"
     
  7. In the direction of
    "heading for London"
    - toward, towards
Conjunction: for  for
  1. For the reason that; on account of
    "empty, for it had been upside down"
    - as, because, since

Sounds like: fore, four, faugh

Encyclopedia: For