FORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fore mean? 

• FORE (noun)
  The noun FORE has 1 sense:

1. front part of a vessel or aircraft

  Familiarity information: FORE used as a noun is very rare.

• FORE (adjective)
  The adjective FORE has 1 sense:

1. situated at or toward the bow of a vessel

  Familiarity information: FORE used as an adjective is very rare.

• FORE (adverb)
  The adverb FORE has 1 sense:

1. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

  Familiarity information: FORE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Front part of a vessel or aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bow; fore; prow; stem

Context example:

he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line

Hypernyms ("fore" is a kind of...):

front (the side that is seen or that goes first)

Holonyms ("fore" is a part of...):

vessel; watercraft (a craft designed for water transportation)

• FORE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel

Similar:

foremost (situated closest to the bow)

Also:

front (relating to or located in the front)

forward (at or near or directed toward the front)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

Antonym:

aft ((nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail)

• FORE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

Synonyms:

fore; forward

Context example:

the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments

Antonym:

aft (at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane)

 Context examples 

At such times, confronted by three sets of savage teeth, the young wolf stopped precipitately, throwing himself back on his haunches, with fore- legs stiff, mouth menacing, and mane bristling.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He sprang up on his hind legs, resting his fore paws on her hip and at the same time licking Skiff Miller's hand.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As the schooner paid off, the fore- and main-sheets were slacked away for fair wind.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The dugs hung between their fore feet, and often reached almost to the ground as they walked.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

You shall fly your pennon upon the fore part, then, and I upon the poop.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Frenchy has his fore and maintop-gallant masts about equal,” said my father.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That hill to the nor'ard they calls the Fore-mast Hill; there are three hills in a row running south'ard—fore, main, and mizzen, sir.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Here's you a-comin' and arskin' of me questions about my business, and I that grumpy-like that only for your bloomin' 'arf-quid I'd 'a' seen you blowed fust 'fore I'd answer.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Once, his teeth closed on the fore leg of a husky, and he crunched down through the bone.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It may be completely black, or may be black with a small to moderate white patch or strip on fore chest, between pads of feet, on tips of hind toes, on chin and muzzle (frost may be white or gray).

(Belgian Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)