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(), n.[F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh. akin to E. brow.] 1. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. Pope. Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. Shak. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior. 2. The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. With smiling fronts encountering. Shak. The inhabitants showed a bold front. Macaulay. 3. The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army. Had he his hurts before? Ay, on the front. Shak. 4. A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front Front a.Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view. Front v. t.[imp. & p. p.Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fronting.] 1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner. You four shall front them in the narrow lane. Shak. 2. To appear before; to meet. [Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. Tennyson. 3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street. And then suddenly front the changed reality. J. Morley. 4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church. 5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel. Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. Shak. Front v. t.To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east. Front (), n. 1. (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified. 2. (Phon.) The middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation, 10. 3. The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word "front," used as an exclamation. [Hotel Cant] スポンサード リンク
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