The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.
One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
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.
An umbrella term for a centre or winger in ice hockey.
The front part of a vessel.
An e-mail message that is forwarded to another recipient or recipients; an electronic chain letter.
A direct agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a specific point in the future; distinguished from a futures contract in that the latter is standardized and traded on an exchange.
To an earlier point in time. See also bring forward.
In the direction in which someone or something is facing.
In the usual order or sequence.
At, near or towards the front of something.
Into the future.
At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
In the desired or usual direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively; onwards.
So that front and back are in the usual orientation.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction of travel or movement.
Situated toward or at the front of something.
Situated toward or near the enemy lines.
Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.
Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.
Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.
Moving in the desired direction of progress.
Acting in or pertaining to the direction in which someone or something is facing.
Having the usual order or sequence.
To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.
To assemble (a book) by sewing sections, attaching cover boards, and so on.
To advance, promote.
An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
A branch of a family.
A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
The penis.
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
A person's leg.
The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
A vertical stroke of a letter.
A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
To be caused or derived; to originate.
To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
To descend in a family line.
To remove the stem from.