1. (noun) forward
the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
2. (adj) forward
a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
3. (adj) forward
at or near or directed toward the front
"the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
4. (adj) forward
used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
"a forward child badly in need of discipline"
5. (adj) forward
of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle
"in a forward gear"
6. (verb) advancing, forward, forward-moving
moving forward
7. (adverb) forward, send on
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
"forward my mail"
8. (adverb) forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
at or to or toward the front
"he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
9. (adverb) forth, forward, onward
forward in time or order or degree
"from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
10. (adverb) ahead, forward
toward the future; forward in time
"I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
11. (adverb) ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader
in a forward direction
"go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
12. (adverb) fore, forward
near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
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Definition of 'forward' 
