forehandadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːhand/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrˌhænd/

Etymology: < fore- prefix + hand n.

A. adj.

†1. Archery. forehand (shaft): an arrow for shooting straight before one. Opposed to underhand. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > other types of arrow

reedOE

broad arrow1372

peacock arrowc1387

bob-tail1545

forehand1545

livery arrow?a1549

standard1557

dog bolt1593

warning-arrow1628

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > target arrow

mark arrow1394

flight1464

buttbolt1467

prick-shaft1538

forehand (shaft)1545

prick-arrow1547

rover1601

flight-shaft1609

flight-arrow1801

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14 The forehande muste haue a bigge breste to bere the great myghte of the bowe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 46 A woulde haue..carried you a forehand shaft a fourteene and foureteene and a halfe.

2. Done or given at some earlier time. Of payments, etc.: Made in advance. ? Obsolete exc. dialect.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]

ererc888

fernOE

oldOE

formerc1160

ratherc1330

before-goingc1384

formerc1384

forenexta1400

formea1400

while1399

antecedentc1400

precedentc1400

anteceding?a1425

late1446

whilom1452

preceding?a1475

forne1485

fore1490

heretofore1491

foregoing1530

toforegoing1532

further1557

firster1571

then1584

elder1594

quondam1598

forehand1600

previant1601

preallable1603

prior1607

anterior1608

previal1613

once1620

previous1621

predecessivea1627

antecedaneous?1631

preventive1641

prior1641

precedaneous1645

preventional1649

antegredient1652

senior1655

prevenient1656

precedential1661

antecedental1763

past-gone1784

antevenient1800

aforetime1835

one-time1850

onewhile1882

foretime1894

erstwhile1903

antecedane-

ere-

society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > paid in advance

forehand1790

prepaid1839

upfront1967

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 50 She did imbrace me as a husband, And so extenuate the forehand sinne.

1678 St. Trials, Popish Plot Introd. VI. 1490 I wonder I had no fore-hand notice of it [my trial].

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. iii. 25 This forehand Union hath..such virtue in it.

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 20 Covenanting to pay what is called a ‘forehand rent’.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Fore-han'-payment is payment in advance, as is generally the rule with school fees.

3. Foremost, leading. Also, fore-a-hand. forehand stone (Curling): see quot. Also elliptical or quasi-n.: The first or foremost player.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adjective]

foregoing1530

headmost1592

beginning1609

first1647

previous1658

forehand1664

leading1771

lead1846

vanmost1865

front flight1899

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > stone as played

hog1808

forehand stone1825

ringer1825

guard1830

pot-lid1853

rider1891

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > curler > first player

forehand1831

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii 111 A Nag, That might pass for a forehand Stag.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 159 Our auld fore-hand ox.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) The forehand stane is the stone first played in curling.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 983 A canny forehan'.

1892 J. Kerr in J. M. Heathcote & C. G. Tebbutt Skating (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 380 Fore-han', the first player or lead.

4. ? = forehanded adj. 2b.

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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off

wellc1405

sufficient1436

full?1483

suffisant1484

beina1525

warmc1571

well-breeched1571

meaned1605

well-meaned1605

well-lined1611

substanced?1614

well-circumstanced1643

forehanded1658

uppish1678

easy1701

brownstone1780

forehand1784

solid1788

well-to-do1794

snug1801

strong farmer1802

well-fixed1822

unindigent1830

well off1842

fixed1844

comfortably offc1850

heeled1871

well-heeled1871

well in1888

independent1893

1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 172 Would any man in his senses that was not a very forehand man indeed, live in the elegant way you do?

5. Tennis.

a. Said of a stroke made by holding the racket with the palm of the hand turned forwards.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of stroke or ball

unreturnable1740

boasted1878

volleyed1878

overhand1881

back-handed1889

forehand1889

forehanded1889

Lawford1893

overhead1904

undercut1920

kicking1924

overarm1929

two-fisted1960

sliced1971

inside-out1977

inside-in1999

1889 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 21 When about to make a forehand stroke, the feet should be apart.

1889 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 36 Supposing it [sc. the return] comes to the player's forehand, he may..return it in the direction it came but at an acuter angle.

1929 Morning Post 13 July 16/2 The Forehand Grip.

1958 Everyman's Encycl. VII. 663/1 In the forehand drive the hitting arm is extended fully.

b. Applied to the area of a court in which a player uses the forehand stroke.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > court > part of

forehand1889

1889 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 37 From the forehand court the return will be either—(a) Down the line... (b) Across the court.

1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 212 The moment it is seen that the ball will come to the fore-hand, the left foot should be brought across and in front of the right.

1921 A. W. Myers Twenty Years Lawn Tennis 9 He attacked the Australian's backhand corner (the forehand corner of a right-handed player) very adroitly.

B. n.

a. The position in front or above. †to have the forehand of, to be to the forehand with (Scottish): to have the upper hand or advantage of.

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the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > placing or being placed in front > a or the position in front

forehand1558

fore-seat1615

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage

to have at avail1470

to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510

to gain of1548

to be to the forehand with1558

to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591

to get the sun of1598

to have (also get) a good hand against1600

to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612

to weather on or upon1707

to have the laugh on a person1767

to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781

to get to windward of1783

to have the bulge on1841

to give points to1854

to get (have) the drop on1869

to hold over1872

to have an (or the) edge on1896

to get (also have) the goods on1903

to get (or have) the jump on1912

to have (got) by the balls1918

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iij And yet not formost al, nor al her keele hath forhand wonne.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 143 a Hee determined..to depart and procure..to get the forehande of them..and to ayde and helpe them [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 277 But for Ceremonie, such a Wretch..Had the fore-hand and vantage of a King.

1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 28 God keeps on the fore-hand with you, let us follow hard after him.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘I'm to the forehand wi' you,’ I have got the start of you.

b. That which holds the front position; the vanguard, hence the mainstay.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific

head ropec1295

fore-stay1373

mainstay1485

sheep's feet1530

forehand1609

backstay1626

jib-stay1752

bobstay1759

breast backstay1769

sciatic stay1794

fore-topgallant-stay1805

funnel-stays1846

belly-stay-

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 143 The great Achilles..The sinnow and the fore-hand of our hoste.

2. That part of a horse which is before the rider.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > front part of

forehand1607

fore-train1797

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 12 They haue most excellent forehandes.

1683 London Gaz. No. 1890/4 A light Grey Mare..handsome forehand but thin behind.

1764 Museum Rusticum II. 165 [Mares that are] small limbed, with a moderate-sized head, and a good forehand.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 153 What fine fore-hands!—what capital chargers they would make!

1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship i. i. 2 For our purposes, we shall consider as the Forehand of the horse all that part which is in front of the saddle.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 20 The ‘forehand’ [of a horse] includes head, neck and fore limb.

3. Tennis. A forehand stroke. on the forehand: forehanded.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adverb] > types of stroke

back-handed1889

forehanded1889

on the backhand1890

on the forehand1908

forehand1925

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke

service1611

serving1688

screw1865

cut1874

cutting service1874

boast1878

first serve1878

smash1882

twister1884

cross-shot1889

lob1890

ground stroke1895

lob ball1900

twist service1901

boasting1902

cross-volley1905

get1911

chop1913

forehander1922

kick serve1925

forehand1934

touch shot1936

dink1939

net shot1961

overhead1964

groundie1967

slice1969

moonball1975

moonballing1977

1908 H. S. Mahony in A. W. Myers Compl. Lawn Tennis Player 246 Of their ground-play, especially on the fore~hand, there is nothing to be said but praise.

1924 G. W. Hillyard Forty Years Lawn Tennis 69 He..never did acquire the right method of hitting the ball on the forehand.

1934 Times 26 July 5/4 His forehand became utterly wild... It was on the forehand that he made the losing stroke.

C. adv. Tennis.

(See quot. 1925.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adverb] > types of stroke

back-handed1889

forehanded1889

on the backhand1890

on the forehand1908

forehand1925

1925 S. Lenglen Lawn Tennis 24 The ball is cut fore~hand when it is struck below the centre of its circumference and across from right to left.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	forehand
释义	forehandadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈfɔːhand/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌhænd/ Etymology: < fore- prefix + hand n. A. adj. †1. Archery. forehand (shaft): an arrow for shooting straight before one. Opposed to underhand. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > other types of arrow reedOE broad arrow1372 peacock arrowc1387 bob-tail1545 forehand1545 livery arrow?a1549 standard1557 dog bolt1593 warning-arrow1628 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [noun] > target arrow mark arrow1394 flight1464 buttbolt1467 prick-shaft1538 forehand (shaft)1545 prick-arrow1547 rover1601 flight-shaft1609 flight-arrow1801 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14 The forehande muste haue a bigge breste to bere the great myghte of the bowe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 46 A woulde haue..carried you a forehand shaft a fourteene and foureteene and a halfe. View more context for this quotation 2. Done or given at some earlier time. Of payments, etc.: Made in advance. ? Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] ererc888 fernOE oldOE oldOE formerc1160 ratherc1330 before-goingc1384 formerc1384 forenexta1400 formea1400 while1399 antecedentc1400 precedentc1400 anteceding?a1425 late1446 whilom1452 preceding?a1475 forne1485 fore1490 heretofore1491 foregoing1530 toforegoing1532 further1557 firster1571 then1584 elder1594 quondam1598 forehand1600 previant1601 preallable1603 prior1607 anterior1608 previal1613 once1620 previous1621 predecessivea1627 antecedaneous?1631 preventive1641 prior1641 precedaneous1645 preventional1649 antegredient1652 senior1655 prevenient1656 precedential1661 antecedental1763 past-gone1784 antevenient1800 aforetime1835 one-time1850 onewhile1882 foretime1894 erstwhile1903 antecedane- ere- society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > paid in advance forehand1790 prepaid1839 upfront1967 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 50 She did imbrace me as a husband, And so extenuate the forehand sinne. View more context for this quotation 1678 St. Trials, Popish Plot Introd. VI. 1490 I wonder I had no fore-hand notice of it [my trial]. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1681) I. iii. 25 This forehand Union hath..such virtue in it. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties I. 20 Covenanting to pay what is called a ‘forehand rent’. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Fore-han'-payment is payment in advance, as is generally the rule with school fees. 3. Foremost, leading. Also, fore-a-hand. forehand stone (Curling): see quot. Also elliptical or quasi-n.: The first or foremost player. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adjective] foregoing1530 headmost1592 beginning1609 first1647 previous1658 forehand1664 leading1771 lead1846 vanmost1865 front flight1899 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > stone as played hog1808 forehand stone1825 ringer1825 guard1830 pot-lid1853 rider1891 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > curler > first player forehand1831 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii 111 A Nag, That might pass for a forehand Stag. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 159 Our auld fore-hand ox. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) The forehand stane is the stone first played in curling. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 983 A canny forehan'. 1892 J. Kerr in J. M. Heathcote & C. G. Tebbutt Skating (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 380 Fore-han', the first player or lead. 4. ? = forehanded adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 172 Would any man in his senses that was not a very forehand man indeed, live in the elegant way you do? 5. Tennis. a. Said of a stroke made by holding the racket with the palm of the hand turned forwards. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of stroke or ball unreturnable1740 boasted1878 volleyed1878 overhand1881 back-handed1889 forehand1889 forehanded1889 Lawford1893 overhead1904 undercut1920 kicking1924 overarm1929 two-fisted1960 sliced1971 inside-out1977 inside-in1999 1889 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 21 When about to make a forehand stroke, the feet should be apart. 1889 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 36 Supposing it [sc. the return] comes to the player's forehand, he may..return it in the direction it came but at an acuter angle. 1929 Morning Post 13 July 16/2 The Forehand Grip. 1958 Everyman's Encycl. VII. 663/1 In the forehand drive the hitting arm is extended fully. b. Applied to the area of a court in which a player uses the forehand stroke. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > court > part of forehand1889 1889 H. W. W. Wilberforce Lawn Tennis 37 From the forehand court the return will be either—(a) Down the line... (b) Across the court. 1890 C. G. Heathcote Lawn Tennis in J. M. Heathcote et al. Tennis (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 212 The moment it is seen that the ball will come to the fore-hand, the left foot should be brought across and in front of the right. 1921 A. W. Myers Twenty Years Lawn Tennis 9 He attacked the Australian's backhand corner (the forehand corner of a right-handed player) very adroitly. B. n. 1. a. The position in front or above. †to have the forehand of, to be to the forehand with (Scottish): to have the upper hand or advantage of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] > placing or being placed in front > a or the position in front forehand1558 fore-seat1615 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > have or get (someone) at a disadvantage to have at avail1470 to catch, have, hold, take (one) at (a or the) vantagec1510 to gain of1548 to be to the forehand with1558 to have (take) on (in, at) the lurch1591 to get the sun of1598 to have (also get) a good hand against1600 to take (have, etc.) at a why-nota1612 to weather on or upon1707 to have the laugh on a person1767 to have a (or the) pull of (also over, on)1781 to get to windward of1783 to have the bulge on1841 to give points to1854 to get (have) the drop on1869 to hold over1872 to have an (or the) edge on1896 to get (also have) the goods on1903 to get (or have) the jump on1912 to have (got) by the balls1918 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iij And yet not formost al, nor al her keele hath forhand wonne. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 143 a Hee determined..to depart and procure..to get the forehande of them..and to ayde and helpe them [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 277 But for Ceremonie, such a Wretch..Had the fore-hand and vantage of a King. View more context for this quotation 1646 W. Jenkyn Reformation's Remora 28 God keeps on the fore-hand with you, let us follow hard after him. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) ‘I'm to the forehand wi' you,’ I have got the start of you. b. That which holds the front position; the vanguard, hence the mainstay. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > fixed rigging > stay > specific head ropec1295 fore-stay1373 mainstay1485 sheep's feet1530 forehand1609 backstay1626 jib-stay1752 bobstay1759 breast backstay1769 sciatic stay1794 fore-topgallant-stay1805 funnel-stays1846 belly-stay- 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 143 The great Achilles..The sinnow and the fore-hand of our hoste. View more context for this quotation 2. That part of a horse which is before the rider. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > front part of forehand1607 fore-train1797 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 12 They haue most excellent forehandes. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1890/4 A light Grey Mare..handsome forehand but thin behind. 1764 Museum Rusticum II. 165 [Mares that are] small limbed, with a moderate-sized head, and a good forehand. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 153 What fine fore-hands!—what capital chargers they would make! 1884 E. L. Anderson Mod. Horsemanship i. i. 2 For our purposes, we shall consider as the Forehand of the horse all that part which is in front of the saddle. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 20 The ‘forehand’ [of a horse] includes head, neck and fore limb. 3. Tennis. A forehand stroke. on the forehand: forehanded. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adverb] > types of stroke back-handed1889 forehanded1889 on the backhand1890 on the forehand1908 forehand1925 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke service1611 serving1688 screw1865 cut1874 cutting service1874 boast1878 first serve1878 smash1882 twister1884 cross-shot1889 lob1890 ground stroke1895 lob ball1900 twist service1901 boasting1902 cross-volley1905 get1911 chop1913 forehander1922 kick serve1925 forehand1934 touch shot1936 dink1939 net shot1961 overhead1964 groundie1967 slice1969 moonball1975 moonballing1977 1908 H. S. Mahony in A. W. Myers Compl. Lawn Tennis Player 246 Of their ground-play, especially on the fore~hand, there is nothing to be said but praise. 1924 G. W. Hillyard Forty Years Lawn Tennis 69 He..never did acquire the right method of hitting the ball on the forehand. 1934 Times 26 July 5/4 His forehand became utterly wild... It was on the forehand that he made the losing stroke. C. adv. Tennis. (See quot. 1925.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adverb] > types of stroke back-handed1889 forehanded1889 on the backhand1890 on the forehand1908 forehand1925 1925 S. Lenglen Lawn Tennis 24 The ball is cut fore~hand when it is struck below the centre of its circumference and across from right to left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.1545
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