Front - Definition

adj 1: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines";
"the front porch" [ant: back(a)]
n 1: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: front, front
end, forepart] [ant: back end, backside, rear]
2: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn:
battlefront, front, front line]
3: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
4: the side that is seen or that goes first [ant: back,
rear]
5: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn:
front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw
man, strawman]
6: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were
active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on
many different fronts"
7: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the
boundary between two different air masses
8: the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed
in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was
well behaved in front of company" [syn: presence, front]
9: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;
"he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: back, rear]
10: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to
achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of
the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass
movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn:
movement, social movement, front]
v 1: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to
another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks
north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building
faces the park" [syn: front, look, face] [ant:
back]
2: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast]