front
adj 1: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the
front porch" [syn: {front(a)}] [ant: {back(a)}]
2: located anteriorly [syn: {fore(a)}, {front(a)}]
n 1: 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}]
2: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: {front end}, {forepart}]
[ant: {rear}]
3: the side that is seen or that goes first [ant: {rear}]
4: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were
active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise
on many different fronts"
5: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: {battlefront},
{front line}]
6: 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}]
7: the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between
two different air masses
8: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
[syn: {front man}, {figurehead}, {nominal head}, {straw
man}]
9: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
10: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;
"he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: {back}]
v 1: face 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: {look}, {face}] [ant: {back}]
2: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: {breast}]