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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective At, near, or belonging to the front or forepart; fore.
• adjective Located ahead or in advance.
• adjective Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front.
• adjective Sports Advancing toward an opponent's goal.
• adjective Moving in a prescribed direction or order for normal use.
• adjective Ardently inclined; eager.
• adjective Lacking restraint or modesty; presumptuous or bold.
• adjective Being ahead of current economic, political, or technological trends; progressive.
• adjective Deviating radically from convention or tradition; extreme.
• adjective Exceptionally advanced; precocious.
• adjective Of, relating to, or done in preparation for the future.
• adverb Toward or tending to the front; frontward.
• adverb Into consideration.
• adverb In or toward the future.
• adverb In the prescribed direction or sequence for normal use.
• adverb In an advanced position or a configuration registering a future time.
• adverb At or to a different time; earlier or later.
• noun A player in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey, who is part of the forward line of the offense.
• noun The position played by such a person.
• transitive verb To send on to a subsequent destination or address. synonym: send.
• transitive verb To help advance; promote. synonym: advance.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Situated in the front or fore part; anterior; fore; directed toward some point or position in advance from the starting-point: as, a forward cabin in a ship; the forward movement of an army.
• Being in a condition of advancement; well advanced with respect to progress, attainment, development (as the season), growth (as vegetation), or (rarely) position or rank: as, the building is in a forward state; he is forward in his studies; a forward crop.
• Ready in action or disposition; prompt; earnest; also, in a derogatory sense, over-confident; assuming; presumptuous; pert; as, to be forward in good works; a forward chit.
• Foremost.
• Synonyms Willing, zealous; presuming, presumptuous, impertinent.
• In cricket, in front of the batsman's wicket: said of a fielder's position.
• To send forward; send toward the place of destination; transmit: as, to forward a letter or despatches.
• To advance; help onward; promote; further; encourage: as, to forward the growth of a plant.
• In bookbinding, to fit (a book) with back and covers, and prepare it for the finisher.
• noun In foot-ball, basket-ball, and other games, a player in the front line of the team.
• Toward a part, place, or point of time before or in advance; onward: with reference either to motion or to position: opposed to backward.
• With advancing steps; with good progress.
• Toward the terminal point.
• noun Agreement; covenant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
• transitive verb To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten
• transitive verb To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit.
• adverb Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
• adjective Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else.
• adjective Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty.
• adjective Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident.
• adjective Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Agreement; covenant.
• adjective Toward the front or at the front.