forward
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: moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the
onward course of events" [syn: {onward}]
3: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or
modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
[ant: {backward}]
4: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor
vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant: {reverse}]
5: moving forward [syn: {advancing}, {forward-moving}]
6: situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the
forward part of the ship"
7: situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
n 1: the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball
team
2: a position on a basketball team
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: {forwards},
{frontward}, {frontwards}, {forrad}, {forrard}] [ant:
{back}]
2: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";
"from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {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}] [ant: {back}, {back}]
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}, {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}] [ant: {aft}]
v : send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in
transit; "forward my mail" [syn: {send on}]