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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Front \Front\ (fr[u^]nt), n. [F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh. akin to E. brow.] 1. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. [1913 Webster] Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. --Shak. [1913 Webster] His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front; hence, an attitude and demeanor intended to represent one's feelings, even if not actually felt; as, to put on a good front. [1913 Webster +PJC] With smiling fronts encountering. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The inhabitants showed a bold front. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army. [1913 Webster] Had he his hurts before? Ay, on the front. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house. [1913 Webster] 5. The most conspicuous part. [1913 Webster] The very head and front of my offending. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. [1913 Webster] Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] 7. The beginning. "Summer's front." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 9. (Phon.) The middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]10. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 10. The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word "front," used as an exclamation. [Hotel Cant] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Bastioned front} (Mil.), a curtain connerting two half bastions. {Front door}, the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance. {Front of fortification}, the works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. --Farrow. {Front of operations}, all that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward. --Farrow. {To come to the front}, to attain prominence or leadership. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Front \Front\, v. t. To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Front \Front\, a. Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Front \Front\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fronting}.] 1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner. [1913 Webster] You four shall front them in the narrow lane. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear before; to meet. [1913 Webster] [Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street. [1913 Webster] And then suddenly front the changed reality. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster] 4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church. [1913 Webster] 5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel. [1913 Webster] Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: front adj 1: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" [ant: {back(a)}] n 1: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: {front}, {front end}, {forepart}] [ant: {back end}, {backside}, {rear}] 2: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: {battlefront}, {front}, {front line}] 3: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front" 4: the side that is seen or that goes first [ant: {back}, {rear}] 5: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: {front man}, {front}, {figurehead}, {nominal head}, {straw man}, {strawman}] 6: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" 7: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses 8: the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company" [syn: {presence}, {front}] 9: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: {back}, {rear}] 10: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: {movement}, {social movement}, {front}] v 1: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" [syn: {front}, {look}, {face}] [ant: {back}] 2: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: {front}, {breast}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: front /fʀɔ̃/ front; battlefront; frontage; forehead From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Front /frɔnt/ front From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: front /frɔnt/ front; battlefront; frontage