A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
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.
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.
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
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.
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).
A disguise; concealment.
A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
To present publicly (on the screen).
To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
To fit with a screen.
To shelter or conceal.
To filter by passing through a screen.
To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.