forward

FOR'WARD, adverb [ Latin versus; directed to the forepart. Forwards is also used, but it is a corruption.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; progressively; opposed to backward. Go forward; move forward He ran backward and forward In a ship, forward denotes toward the forepart. FOR'WARD, adjective 1. Near or at the forepart; in advance of something else; as the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet; the forward horse in a team. 2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Galatians 2:10. 3. Ardent; eager; earnest; violent. Or lead the forward youth to noble war. 4. Bold; confident; less reserved or modest than is proper; in an ill sense; as, the boy is too forward for his years. 5. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season. The grass or the grain is forward or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. 6. Quick; hasty; too ready. Be not forward to speak in public. Prudence directs that we be not too forward to believe current reports. 7. Anterior; fore. Let us take the instant by the forward top. 8. Advanced; not behindhand. FOR'WARD, verb transitive 1. To advance; to help onward; to promote; as, to forward a good design. 2. To accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. 3. To send forward; to send towards the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter or dispatches.