fore
Multiple Entries:fore fore-
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fore/fɔː(r)/
▶adjective situated or placed in front. ▶noun the front part of something, especially a ship. ▶exclamation called out as a warning to people in the path of a golf ball.
– phrases
to the fore in or to a conspicuous or leading position.
to the fore in or to a conspicuous or leading position.
– origin OE: of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fore-/fɔː(r)/
▶combining form
- 1 (added to verbs) in front: foreshorten.
■ in advance: forebode.
- 2 (added to nouns) situated in front of: forecourt.
■ the front part of: forebrain.
■ preceding: forefather.
'fore' also found in these Oxford entries:
barque
- barquentine
- before
- Bermuda rig
- brail
- brig
- brigantine
- carline
- cutter
- flying lemur
- flying phalanger
- flying squirrel
- for
- fore-
- fore and aft
- forebear
- fore-edge
- foreground
- forehead
- foresee
- forestall
- foretoken
- fore-topgallant-mast
- fore-topgallant-sail
- foreword
- fornent
- forth
- gaff
- hamulus
- hermaphrodite brig
- ketch
- leech
- luff
- mainsail
- roach
- sloop
- spanker
- staysail
- throat
- topsail
- trim
- trysail
- Voortrekker
- yawl
