foreset
1 of 3transitive verb
: to arrange beforehand
foreset
2 of 3adjective
: of, relating to, or forming the steeper slope on the outer margin of a delta or the lee side of a dune or the sediments deposited on such a slope
a silty foreset slope
foreset
3 of 3noun
"
variants or less commonly foreset bed
: a foreset slope or layer (as of sediment or rock)
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
fore- + set
Adjective
fore- + set (past participle of set)
- abnegate
- abnegated
- abnegates
- incline (toward)
- incline man
- incline toward
- inclined
- inclined (toward)
- inclined plane
- inclined toward
- incliner
- incliners
- inclines
- inclines (toward)
- inclines toward
- inclining
- inclining (toward)
- inclining toward
- inclinings
- inclinometer
- inclinometers
- inclip
- inclipped
- inclipping
- inclips