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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: ford - foredone</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="ford"> ford, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a place where a river, stream, or other body of water is not too deep to cross by walking or driving through the water. <DD>v.t. to cross (a river) by walking or driving through the water. Ex. The streams rose so rapidly that we could hardly ford them (Francis Parkman). adj. fordable. adj. fordless. </DL> <A NAME="fordo"> fordo, transitive verb, -did, -done, -doing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. to destroy; ruin. Ex. This is the night That either makes me or fordoes me quite (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. to kill. Also, foredo. </DL> <A NAME="fordone"> fordone, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD>adj. worn out; exhausted. <DD>verb the past participle of fordo. Ex. With Indian heats at last fordone (Matthew Arnold). <DD> Also, foredone. </DL> <A NAME="fore"> fore (1), adjective, adverb, noun, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. at the front; toward the beginning or front; forward. Ex. The fore wall of a house faces the street. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) earlier. <DD>adv. 1. at or toward the bow or front. Ex. Several of the crew went fore. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) formerly; previously. <DD>noun 1. the forward part; front. <DD> 2. (Nautical.) <DD> a. the bow of a ship. <DD> b. the foremast. <DD>prep. (Dialect.) (in oaths) before. Ex. 'Fore George, I'm vastly puzzled what to do (Richard Harris Barham). expr. to the fore, <DD> a. to the front; into full view; into a conspicuous place or position. Ex. The question of new taxes will come to the fore at the next session of Congress. <DD> b. at hand; ready; available. Ex. If he hasn't me to the fore to prove what I said, he can do nothing (Charles J. Lever). <DD> c. alive. Ex. The steward ... though stricken in years--was still to the fore (James Payn). </DL> <A NAME="fore"> fore (2), interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Golf.) a shout of warning to persons ahead on the fairway who are liable to be struck by the ball. </DL> <A NAME="fore"> Fore, noun, pl. Fore.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a tribe living in the highlands of eastern New Guinea, characterized by a Stone Age culture in which cannibalism was formerly practiced. </DL> <A NAME="fore"> fore-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) <DD> 1. front; in front; at or near the front. Ex. Forepaw = a front paw. Foremast = mast near the front of a ship. <DD> 2. before; beforehand. Ex. Foregoing = going before. Forearm = to arm beforehand. </DL> <A NAME="foreandaft"> fore-and-aft, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lengthwise on a ship; from bow to stern; placed lengthwise. </DL> <A NAME="foreandaft"> fore and aft,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. at or toward both bow and stern of a ship. <DD> 2. lengthwise on a ship; from bow to stern. </DL> <A NAME="foreandafter"> fore-and-after, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any ship or boat having fore-and-aft sails, such as a schooner. </DL> <A NAME="foreandaftrig"> fore-and-aft rig,<DL COMPACT><DD> the arrangement of one or more fore-and-aft sails with any number of masts. </DL> <A NAME="foreandaftrigged"> fore-and-aft-rigged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having fore-and-aft sails. A fore-and-aft-rigged ship has the sails set lengthwise. </DL> <A NAME="foreandaftsail"> fore-and-aft sail,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sail extending from the center line to the lee side of a ship or boat, generally set on a stay or gaff. </DL> <A NAME="forearm"> forearm (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> that part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist. </DL> <A NAME="forearm"> forearm (2), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to prepare for trouble ahead of time; arm beforehand. </DL> <A NAME="forebay"> forebay, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a millrace where the water flows on the wheel. </DL> <A NAME="forebear"> forebear, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ancestor; forefather. Ex. Other things to be seen in Northants include Sulgrave Manor, ancestral home of the Washingtons and of George Washington's forebears (Punch). <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, forbear. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="forebode"> forebode, verb, -boded, -boding.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to give warning of; predict. Ex. Black clouds forebode a storm. (SYN) foretell, portend. <DD> 2. to have a feeling that (something bad is going to happen); anticipate. Ex. My heart forebodes Danger or death awaits thee on this field (Matthew Arnold). <DD>v.i. 1. to forecast; prophesy. Ex. If the Gypsy foreboded truly, they would inherit a fortune the next year. (SYN) conjecture. <DD> 2. to have a feeling that something bad is going to happen. Ex. The house itself seemed to be foreboding. noun forebodement. noun foreboder. </DL> <A NAME="foreboding"> foreboding, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a prediction; warning. Ex. She disregarded the Gypsy's foreboding that she would regret marrying. (SYN) omen, portent. <DD> 2. a feeling that something bad is going to happen. Ex. The sailor's wife had a foreboding that he would not return. (SYN) presentiment. <DD>adj. that forebodes; ominous; portentous. Ex. foreboding signs. adv. forebodingly. </DL> <A NAME="forebody"> forebody, noun, pl. -bodies.<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a ship which lies forward of the midship section. </DL> <A NAME="forebrace"> forebrace, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) a brace or rope attached to a foreyard. </DL> <A NAME="forebrain"> forebrain, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the front part of the brain, composed of the telencephalon and the diencephalon; prosencephalon. It includes the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus. </DL> <A NAME="forecaddie"> forecaddie, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a caddie who goes ahead of the players to locate the balls on the course. </DL> <A NAME="forecast"> forecast, verb, -cast or -casted, -casting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to tell what is coming; predict on the basis of observations, study, or experience; prophesy. Ex. Cooler weather is forecast for tomorrow. <DD> 2. to be a prophecy or prediction of; foreshadow. Ex. Clouds do not necessarily forecast rain. <DD> 3. to plan or decide ahead; foresee. Ex. How could I have forecast such a dilemma? (SYN) prearrange. <DD>v.i. to plan ahead; make a forecast. Ex. The weatherman forecasts on the basis of atmospheric conditions. <DD>noun 1. a statement of what is coming; prophecy; prediction. Ex. stock-market forecasts. What is the forecast about the weather for today? <DD> 2. the act or process of planning ahead; foresight. Ex. evils which no forecast could avert (William Hickling Prescott). <DD> 3. the act or fact of foreshadowing. Ex. Summer styles are often a forecast of winter fashion. </DL> <A NAME="forecastable"> forecastable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be forecast; predictable. </DL> <A NAME="forecaster"> forecaster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who forecasts, especially one who predicts what the weather will be. </DL> <A NAME="forecasting"> forecasting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of predicting, on the basis of present trends, of probable conditions or events to come, as forthcoming weather or business activity. Ex. Daily forecasting is a matter of charting current atmospheric conditions ... to be able to foresee the state of the weather for a short period in the future (Thomas A. Blair). </DL> <A NAME="forecastle"> forecastle, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the upper deck in front of the foremast. <DD> 2. the quarters for sailors in a merchant ship, formerly in the forward part of the ship. </DL> <A NAME="forecastledeck"> forecastle deck or head,<DL COMPACT><DD> the small, raised deck behind the bow of ships of former times. </DL> <A NAME="forecastleman"> forecastleman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sailor stationed on the forecastle. </DL> <A NAME="forecheck"> forecheck, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to check an opposing ice-hockey player in his own defensive zone. noun forechecker. </DL> <A NAME="forecited"> forecited, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> previously cited. </DL> <A NAME="foreclosable"> foreclosable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be foreclosed. </DL> <A NAME="foreclose"> foreclose, verb, -closed, -closing.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to shut out; prevent; exclude. Ex. to foreclose objections. The club voted to foreclose further discussion of the subject. (SYN) bar. <DD> 2a. to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage). <DD> b. to take away the right of (a mortgager) to redeem his property. <DD>v.i. to take away the right to redeem a mortgage. Ex. When the conditions of the mortgage were not met, the holder of the mortgage foreclosed and took possession of the house. </DL> <A NAME="foreclosure"> foreclosure, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of foreclosing a mortgage; taking away the right of a mortgager to redeem his property. </DL> <A NAME="foreconscious"> foreconscious, adjective, noun. =preconscious.</DL> <A NAME="forecourse"> forecourse, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) the square sail attached to the lowest yard of the forward mast of a square-rigged vessel; foresail. </DL> <A NAME="forecourt"> forecourt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a front or outer court. <DD> 2a. the part of a tennis court near the net. <DD> b. the part of a basketball court near the offensive basket. </DL> <A NAME="foredate"> foredate, transitive verb, -dated, -dating. =antedate.</DL> <A NAME="foredeck"> foredeck, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) the part of the main deck nearest the bow. </DL> <A NAME="foredestine"> foredestine, transitive verb, -tined, -tining. =predestine.</DL> <A NAME="foredo"> foredo, transitive verb, -did, -done, -doing.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) fordo. </DL> <A NAME="foredone"> foredone, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) fordone; exhausted. </DL> <A HREF="foredoom.dic">NEXT</A>