absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phr. †a formest.

The front of an army, procession, or the like; the vanguard.

= forepart, n.

The foremost, first, or most advanced part; the front.

The fore part; the front; also, the upper side (of anything). Now rare exc. technical.

Front; e.g. of the body or dress.

= frontier, n.

Of place: The fore part, front. Now chiefly Nautical.

The front side; the forepart. Obsolete.

The principal face or foremost part of anything (esp. of a building). Now rare. (In early use opposed to †back front.)

The front part, forefront. gen. (Obsolete except with conscious metaphor: see 1b.)

gen. The part or side of an object which seems to look out or to be presented to the eye; the fore-part of anything, the part to which one…

A front part or portion. rare.

In extended use: a part extending in front of something; the foreground, the front.

Usually as two words or with hyphen. The top, surface, or upper side; that side of an object which is regarded as the main face and is typically…

The fore or front part of a thing. rare.

The foremost, first, or front piece. gen.

transferred and figurative.

The fore part of anything, e.g. the bow of a ship, the fore-quarter of beef, etc.