Search Result for "forth":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth;
[syn: Forth, Forth River]
ADVERB (3)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete);
- Example: "ran away from the lion"
- Example: "wanted to get away from there"
- Example: "sent the children away to boarding school"
- Example: "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"
- Example: "went off to school"
- Example: "they drove off"
- Example: "go forth and preach"
[syn: away, off, forth]
2. forward in time or order or degree;
- Example: "from that time forth"
- Example: "from the sixth century onward"
[syn: forth, forward, onward]
3. out into view;
- Example: "came forth from the crowd"
- Example: "put my ideas forth"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forth \Forth\, n. [OE., a ford. ? 78. See Frith.] A way; a passage or ford. [Obs.] --Todd. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forth \Forth\, v.[AS. for[eth], fr. for akin to D. voort, G. fort [root]78. See Fore, For, and cf. Afford, Further, adv.] 1. Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth. [1913 Webster] Lucas was Paul's companion, at the leastway from the sixteenth of the Acts forth. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster] From this time forth, I never will speak word. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I repeated the Ave Maria; the inquisitor bad me say forth; I said I was taught no more. --Strype. [1913 Webster] 2. Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves. [1913 Webster] When winter past, and summer scarce begun, Invites them forth to labor in the sun. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out. [1913 Webster] I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Throughly; from beginning to end. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] And so forth, Back and forth, From forth. See under And, Back, and From. Forth of, Forth from, out of. [Obs.] --Shak. To bring forth. See under Bring. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Forth \Forth\, prep. Forth from; out of. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Some forth their cabins peep. --Donne. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "forth": ahead, alee, along, away, en route to, for, forward, forwards, hence, off, on, onward, onwards, out, outward, outwardly, outwards, thence, therefrom, thereof, whence
