[adverb] 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) Synonyms:frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
[adverb] forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" Synonyms:forth, onward
[adverb] 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" Synonyms:ahead
[adverb] 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" Synonyms:ahead, onward, onwards, forrader
[adverb] near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" Synonyms:fore
[noun] the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
[noun] a position on a basketball team
[verb] send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" Synonyms:send on
[adjective] at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
[adjective] moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events" Synonyms:onward
[adjective] used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
[adjective] of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
