Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forward \For"ward\, a. 1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet. [1913 Webster] 2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty. [1913 Webster] Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii. 10. [1913 Webster] Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years. [1913 Webster] I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. --T. Arnold. [1913 Webster] 4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. [1913 Webster] The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forward \For"ward\, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before + weard a ward. See {Ward}, n.] An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. --Chaucer. Forward From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard, foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[aum]rts. The s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Forward \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forwarding}.] 1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. [1913 Webster] 2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: forward adv 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) [syn: {forward}, {forwards}, {frontward}, {frontwards}, {forrad}, {forrard}] [ant: {back}, {backward}, {backwards}, {rearward}, {rearwards}] 2: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: {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" [syn: {ahead}, {forward}] [ant: {back}, {backward}] 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" [syn: {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" [syn: {fore}, {forward}] [ant: {abaft}, {aft}, {astern}] adj 1: at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" [ant: {backward}] 2: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" [ant: {backward}] 3: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant: {reverse}] 4: moving forward [syn: {advancing}, {forward}, {forward- moving}] n 1: the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey 2: a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team v 1: send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" [syn: {forward}, {send on}]