for·ward /ˈfɔrwəd/
1. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
synset: forward
2. a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
synset: forward
1. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"
1. at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
synset: forward
2. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
synset: forward
3. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
synset: forward
synset: advancing, forward, forward-moving
1. at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
synset: forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
antonym: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
2. forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
synset: forth, forward, onward
3. toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
4. in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
synset: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader
5. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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