forward (
http://definr.com/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: situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the
forward part of the ship"
3: situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
4: moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the
onward course of events" [syn:
onward]
5: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or
modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
[ant:
backward]
6: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor
vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant:
reverse]
7: moving forward [syn:
advancing,
forward-moving]
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]