单词 | frontward |
释义 | frontwardfrontwardsadv.adj.n. 1. a. Towards or in the direction of the front; also, to the front of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction beforeOE forwarda1535 ahead1596 front-wise1774 vanward1827 frontward1865 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xxvi She spoke, gazing frontward all the while. 1876 S. Lanier Poems (1884) 133 Run each road that frontward leads. 1877 S. Lanier Hard Times in Elfland 6 Drew More frontward of the mighty fire. b. quasi-adj. Of or pertaining to the front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > of or relating to front anteal1822 frontside1858 frontal1860 frontward1865 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xx. xi. 287 Burkersdorf, Ludwigsdorf..are frontward posts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > the direction towards the front frontward1553 fore-lines1626 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 62v Suche as stode in the hinder partes of the battailles were ordered to turne their faces from the frontwardes. 2. With the front or face in a specified direction. Const. to. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > with front in specific direction frontward1856 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vii. 310 Men define a man, The creature who stands front-ward to the stars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.adj.n.1553 |
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