To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
To damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
To become contaminated or impure.
To make (something) impure; to contaminate.
To make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.
To make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).
To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.
Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.
To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.
To confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.
Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.
Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.
Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.
Of a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.
Dirty, filthy.
Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.
Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste.
Of an image: blurry or dim.
Of sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.
Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
Soiled with feces.
Of light: cloudy, opaque.
Of speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.
Not clear.
The edible mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata).