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    [Noun]  | "fore" | \ ˈfȯr \


    1: something that occupies a front position

    Origin: 1637 ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "fore-and-aft*er" | \ ˌfȯr-ə-ˈnaf-tər \


    1: a ship with a fore-and-aft rig; especially : schooner

    Origin: 1823 ;

    [Noun]  | "fore-and-aft rig" 


    1: a sailing-ship rig in which most or all of the sails are not attached to yards but are bent to gaffs or set on the masts or on stays in a fore-and-aft line

    Origin: 1879 ;

    [Adverb]  | "fore" 


    1: in, toward, or near the front : forward

    2: at an earlier time or period

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English for;

    [Adverb]  | "fore and aft" 


    1: lengthwise of a ship : from stem to stern

    2: in, at, or toward both the bow and stern

    3: in or at the front and back or the beginning and end

    Origin: circa 1618 ;

    [Adjective]  | "fore" 


    1: situated in front of something else : forward

    2: prior in order of occurrence : former

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Fore-;

    [Adjective]  | "fore-and-aft" | \ ˌfȯr-ə-ˈnaft \


    1: lying, running, or acting in the general line of the length of a construction (such as a ship or a house) : longitudinal

    2: having no square sails

    Origin: 1820 ;

    [Preposition]  | "fore" 


    1: in the presence of

    2: before

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     See: ;

    [Interjection]  | "fore" 


    1: —used by a golfer to warn anyone within range of the probable line of flight of the ball

    Origin: circa 1878 ;

     Probably short for before;

    [Combining form]  | "fore-" 


    1: earlier : beforehand

    2: occurring earlier : occurring beforehand

    3: situated at the front : in front

    Origin: 

     Middle English for-, fore-, from Old English fore-, from fore, adverb;

    [Adjective]  | "fore" 


    1: being at or in the forward part or surface of something;


      * e.g., " ... cats have five fore toes but only four hind toes "




    [Preposition]  | "fore" 


    1: earlier than;


      * e.g., " ... set out early with the hope of arriving fore the sunset "




    2: preceding in space;


      * e.g., " ... fore the stranger there swarmed a gaggle of curious street urchins "




    [Adverb]  | "fore" 


    1: as in before, frontward;



     [ "fore" ]

    1: A warning to fellow golfers that a ball is headed in thier direction and that they should duck. Also yelled before someone starts shooting up a building where there are people not considered to be targets.

      * e.g.,  ... "Fore!" said the golfer before the ball hit the guy putting on the green at the seventh got hit. 

     [ "fore" ]

    1: fuckin whoresomeone who can hook up with people, or just be annoying

      * e.g.,  ... that girl is such a fore she made out with 10 guys. 

     [ "fore" ]

    1: To yell before a dork/geek/or annoying person comes.

      * e.g.,  ... "FORE" yelled the cheerleader, as a comperter geek aproached. 

     [ "'fore" ]

    1: Short for "before".

      * e.g.,  ... Eminem's SQUARE DANCE: "I'm twenty-eight, they're gonna take you 'fore they take me". 

     [ "fore!" ]

    1: Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83,I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humour. In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, did you listen to fore!? 

     [ "To the fore" ]

    1: To be made obvious; to be given direct attention. Taken from the works of Percy Grainger, "to the fore" meant to bring out a musical phrase and give it precedence over what the other instruments are playing.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, that low-cut top really puts Jenny's cleavage to the fore." 

     [ "Foring" ]

    1: The combination of the words "fucking" and "boring".

      * e.g.,  ... "Let's watch "Vanilla Sky" tonight!" 

     [ "Fore" ]

    1: the word you should have yelled instead of muttering "thats not gonna hit that guy".

      * e.g.,  ... whatch this shot.....FORE!!!!!! 

     [ "Fored" ]

    1: Fucking Bored.

      * e.g.,  ... I am so fored. 

     [ "Fore" ]

    1: Nickname for the guy who swung at anything because he had a golf club handy. He kept yelling "fore" way too late so there were many casualties.

      * e.g.,  ... "Oh sh..'FORE!'" 

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