adjective. Located at or toward the front; forward.

adjective. Earlier in order of occurrence; former.

noun. Something that is located at or toward the front.

noun. The front part.

adverb. At, toward, or near the front; forward.

adverb. At an earlier time.

preposition. Before.

interjection. Used by a golfer to warn those ahead that a ball is headed in their direction.

idiom. (to the fore) In, into, or toward a position of prominence.

noun. An obsolete preterit and past participle of fare.

Before (in place); in presence of.

Before (in place); in the part that precedes or goes first; specifically, nautical, toward or in the parts of a ship that lie near the bows; forward: opposed to aft.

Before (in time); previously.

Before.

noun. Way; course; manner of proceeding.

Situated at the fore or front; front; forward; anterior; prior; former; being, coming, or going before or in front in place, or earlier in time: as, the fore legs of a horse; the fore wheels of a wagon; the fore part of the day.

noun. The front: in the phrases at and to the fore (see below).

noun. Nautical, the foremast.

noun. At or in the front.

noun. An erroneous form of for- in some words, as in forego, forespend, forespeak, etc., for forgo, forspend, forspeak, etc., being obsolete in all but forego.

noun. An erroneous form of for-, as in foreclose.

In golf, a warning cry (‘look out, before!’) uttered to attract the attention of a person who is liable to be struck by the ball.

noun. A prefix, equivalent to before (in place or time): before nouns often written separately and regarded as an adjective (see fore, adjective).

noun. Journey; way; method of proceeding.

adverb. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.

adverb. Formerly; previously; afore.

adverb. In or towards the bows of a ship.

adverb. from stem to stern; lengthwise of the vessel; -- in distinction from athwart.

adverb. not rigged with square sails attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner, Sloop, Cutter.

preposition. Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.

adjective. Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind

adjective. a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.

adjective. the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body and after body.

adjective. a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for stowing baggage, etc.

adjective. the pommel of a saddle.

adjective. a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually with inferior accommodations.

adjective. A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.

adjective. the lowermost sail on the foremost of a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under Sail.

adjective. Same as Front door.

adjective. the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.

adjective. an ancestor.

adjective. In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward of the trigger guard, or breech frame.

adjective. a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a martingale.

adjective. a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in time, with the hand hammer.

adjective. one of the front legs of a quadruped, or multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.

adjective. the angle within a ship's bows; the portion of the hold which is farthest forward.

adjective. a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.

adjective. a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a jack plane and a smoothing plane.

adjective. previous perusal.

adjective. in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is gathered.

"Then my eye lit on th 'fore quarters o' th 'doe,' n 'I guess I throwed more twists laughin' than Erne did -- _for that there doe was shy a leg_, hadn't but three legs; nigh fore leg gone midway 'tween knee and dewclaw, shot off 'n' healed up Godo'mi'ty knows when."

aft  hind  latter  

at the fore  fore and aft  fore course  to the fore  

foremost  

fore-and-aft  forehead  foremost  

front  

Boer  Bohr  C4  Dior  Dore  

afore  aft  censebat  cockpit  forward  

afore  ahead  ancient  ante  antecedent