| fore1 |
at, near, or toward the front. [4 definitions] |
| fore2 |
in golf, used as a warning to alert those who may be in the path of a golf ball that is about to be driven. |
| fore- |
before. [2 definitions] |
| fore-and-aft |
located along or parallel to a line from the bow to the stern of a ship or boat; lengthwise. [2 definitions] |
| forearm1 |
the lower arm in humans, between the elbow and wrist. [2 definitions] |
| forearm2 |
to arm or prepare beforehand. |
| forebear |
an ancestor or forefather. |
| forebode |
to foretell the likelihood of or be an omen of. [4 definitions] |
| foreboding |
a strong feeling or a portent, usu. that something bad is going to happen. [2 definitions] |
| forebrain |
the anterior of the three divisions of the brain of a vertebrate embryo; prosencephalon. [2 definitions] |
| forecast |
to state as likely or certain to happen; predict. [4 definitions] |
| forecastable |
combined form of forecast. |
| forecaster |
a person who forecasts what is likely to happen in the future, esp. one who predicts the weather. |
| forecastle |
the section of the upper deck of a ship at the bow or in front of the foremast. [3 definitions] |
| forecheck |
in hockey, to check (an opposing player) in the vicinity of the opponent's goal. (Cf. backcheck.) |
| foreclose |
to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage) or to take that right away from (the mortgagor), esp. for failure to make timely payments. [4 definitions] |
| foreclosure |
the act, usu. by a legal proceeding, of foreclosing. |
| forecourt |
in basketball, the half of the court in which a team is attempting to score. (Cf. backcourt.) [3 definitions] |
| foredeck |
the forward part of a ship's main deck. |
| foredoom |
to doom beforehand. |
| forefather |
an ancestor. [2 definitions] |