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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fore
    adv 1: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane;
           "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the
           instruments" [syn: fore, forward] [ant: abaft,
           aft, astern]
    adj 1: situated at or toward the bow of a vessel [ant: aft(a)]
    n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
         the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore,
         prow, stem]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), a. [See Fore, adv.]
   Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front;
   being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance;
   preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed
   to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the
   fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
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         The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
         directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey.
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   Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
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   Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a
      water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.
      

   Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the
      largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body
      and after body.

   Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for
      stowing baggage, etc.

   Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight.

   Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually
      with inferior accommodations.

   Fore carriage.
   (a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled
       vehicle.
   (b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.

   Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of
      a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under
      Sail.

   Fore door. Same as Front door.

   Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.
      

   Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.]

   Fore end.
   (a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part;
       the beginning.
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             I have . . . paid
             More pious debts to heaven, than in all
             The fore end of my time.             --Shak.
   (b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward
       of the trigger guard, or breech frame.

   Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a
      martingale.

   Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in
      time, with the hand hammer.

   Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or
      multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.

   Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the
      portion of the hold which is farthest forward.

   Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of
      a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.

   Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a
      jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight.

   Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales.

   Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is
      gathered.

   Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the
      space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets.

   Fore shore.
   (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of
       the surf.
   (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a
       breakwater. --Knight.
   (c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks.
       

   Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is
      near the muzzle.

   Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship.
      

   Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the
      Vocabulary.

   Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.]
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            Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
                                                  --Sandys.

   Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), n. [AS. f[=o]r, fr. faran to go. See
   Fare, v. i.]
   Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and
   his fore." --Chaucer.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fore \Fore\, adv. [AS. fore, adv. & prep., another form of for.
   See For, and cf. Former, Foremost.]
   1. In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to
      aft, after, back, behind, etc.
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   2. Formerly; previously; afore. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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            The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are. --Shak.
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   3. (Naut.) In or towards the bows of a ship.
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   Fore and aft (Naut.), from stem to stern; lengthwise of the
      vessel; -- in distinction from athwart. --R. H. Dana, Jr.

   Fore-and-aft rigged (Naut.), not rigged with square sails
      attached to yards, but with sails bent to gaffs or set on
      stays in the midship line of the vessel. See Schooner,
      Sloop, Cutter.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fore \Fore\, prep.
   Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of
   afore or before. [Obs.]
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fore \Fore\, n.
   The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.
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   At the fore (Naut.), at the fore royal masthead; -- said of
      a flag, so raised as a signal for sailing, etc.

   To the fore.
   (a) In advance; to the front; to a prominent position; in
       plain sight; in readiness for use.
   (b) In existence; alive; not worn out, lost, or spent, as
       money, etc. [Irish] "While I am to the fore." --W.
       Collins. "How many captains in the regiment had two
       thousand pounds to the fore?" --Thackeray.
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