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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. At, near, or belonging to the front or forepart; fore: the forward section of the aircraft.
2. adj. Located ahead or in advance: kept her eye on the forward horizon.
3. adj. Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front: a forward plunge down a flight of stairs.
4. adj. Sports Advancing toward an opponent's goal.
5. adj. Moving in a prescribed direction or order for normal use: forward rolling of the cassette tape.
6. adj. Ardently inclined; eager.
7. adj. Lacking restraint or modesty; presumptuous or bold: a forward child.
8. adj. Being ahead of current economic, political, or technological trends; progressive: a forward concept.
9. adj. Deviating radically from convention or tradition; extreme.
10. adj. Exceptionally advanced; precocious.
11. adj. Of, relating to, or done in preparation for the future: bidding on forward contracts for corn.
12. adv. Toward or tending to the front; frontward: step forward.
13. adv. Into consideration: put forward a new proposal.
14. adv. In or toward the future: looking forward to seeing you.
15. adv. In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use: rolled the tape forward.
16. adv. In an advanced position or a configuration registering a future time: set the clock forward.
17. adv. At or to a different time; earlier or later: moved the appointment forward, from Friday to Thursday.
18. n. Sports A player in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey, who is part of the forward line of the offense.
19. n. Sports The position played by such a person.
20. v. To send on to a subsequent destination or address. See Synonyms at send¹.
21. v. To help advance; promote. See Synonyms at advance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Situated in the front or fore part; anterior; fore; directed toward some point or position in advance from the starting-point: as, a forward cabin in a ship; the forward movement of an army.
2. Being in a condition of advancement; well advanced with respect to progress, attainment, development (as the season), growth (as vegetation), or (rarely) position or rank: as, the building is in a forward state; he is forward in his studies; a forward crop.
3. Ready in action or disposition; prompt; earnest; also, in a derogatory sense, over-confident; assuming; presumptuous; pert; as, to be forward in good works; a forward chit.
4. Foremost.
5. Synonyms Willing, zealous; presuming, presumptuous, impertinent.
6. Toward a part, place, or point of time before or in advance; onward: with reference either to motion or to position: opposed to backward.
7. With advancing steps; with good progress.
8. Toward the terminal point.
9. To send forward; send toward the place of destination; transmit: as, to forward a letter or despatches.
10. To advance; help onward; promote; further; encourage: as, to forward the growth of a plant.
11. In bookbinding, to fit (a book) with back and covers, and prepare it for the finisher. Synonyms To expedite, accelerate, despatch.
12. n. Agreement; covenant.
13. n. In foot-ball, basket-ball, and other games, a player in the front line of the team.
14. In cricket, in front of the batsman's wicket: said of a fielder's position.

Wiktionary

1. n. Agreement; covenant.
2. n. one of the eight players whose primary task is to maintain possession of the ball (compare back)
3. n. A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
4. n. An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
5. n. The small forward or power forward position.
6. n. The front part of a vessel.
7. n. An e-mail message designed to be forwarded to many people; an electronic chain letter.
8. adj. Towards the front or at the front.
9. adj. Without customary restraint
10. adj. Expected in the future.
11. adv. Towards the front or from the front.
12. adv. In the usual direction of travel.
13. adv. Into the future.
14. v. To send (something received) to a third party.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
2. adv. Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
3. adj. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else.
4. adj. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty.
5. adj. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident.
6. adj. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season
7. v. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten
8. v. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit.

WordNet 3.0

1. adv. toward the future; forward in time
2. adj. moving forward
3. adv. forward in time or order or degree
4. adj. at or near or directed toward the front
5. v. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
6. n. a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
7. adv. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
8. n. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
9. adv. in a forward direction
10. adj. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
11. adv. at or to or toward the front
12. adj. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty