Forehand

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  • adjective. Made with the palm of the dominant hand facing forward.
  • adjective. Taking place, done, or given beforehand; prior.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A forehand stroke or shot, as in tennis.
  • noun. A position for controlling a ball or puck, in which the palm of the dominant hand faces forward.
  • noun. The part of a horse in front of the rider.
  • adverb. With a forehand stroke or motion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Done beforehand; anticipative; done or paid in advance.
  • Being ahead or in advance; front.
  • noun. The part of a horse which is in front of the rider.
  • noun. The chief part; main dependence.
  • noun. Advantage; the better.
  • In lawn-tennis, noting a stroke made by a right-handed player when the ball is on the right side of his body, or by a left-handed player when it is on the left side.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
  • noun. The chief or most important part.
  • noun. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
  • adjective. Done beforehand; anticipative.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke
  • noun. a throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke
  • noun. (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
  • Word Usage
    "Someday, they'll decide my forehand is as good as, if not better than, my backhand."
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