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