Word Finder - front

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The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

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The side of a building with the main entrance.

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A field of activity.

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A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

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Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.

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The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

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An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

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The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

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The direction of the enemy.

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When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

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A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

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Cheek; boldness; impudence.

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An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

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He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.

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That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

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The most conspicuous part.

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The beginning.

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A seafront or coastal promenade.

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The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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(hotels) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

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(in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).

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To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

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To face, be opposite to.

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To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

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To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

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To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

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To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

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To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

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To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

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To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

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To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

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To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

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To appear before.

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to front court

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Located at or near the front.

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The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

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Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).

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The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.

He parked the truck in front of the house and headed down the hill.

Len knelt in front of her and examined her neck.

She stopped in front of him.

Her heart was pounding as he stopped in front of her.

Julia chose that moment to open the front door.

Being in front carried its responsibilities.

As the truck came to a halt in front of the house, she stared up at it in awe.

Then, suddenly, an awkward half-grown boy who sat right in front of the master's desk turned squarely around and whispered to Tommy Jones, three desks away.

At the front an altercation occurred between an Austrian guide and a Russian general.

They sat her in front of a mirror while Felipa worked.

From the direction of Olmutz in front of them, a group was seen approaching.

Princess Mary walked up and down the room and stopped in front of him.

She shoved a paper in front of his face.

Prince Andrew, in the white uniform of a cavalry colonel, wearing stockings and dancing shoes, stood looking animated and bright in the front row of the circle not far from the Rostovs.

Today it was her turn to be in front.

Prince Andrew, looking straight in front of him, listened in silence to Pierre's words.

The carriages were at the front porch.

The crowd unexpectedly found itself so close to the Emperors that Rostov, standing in the front row, was afraid he might be recognized.

The countess took up a position in one of the front rows of that crowd.

Prince Andrew, with a beaming, ecstatic expression of renewed life on his face, paused in front of Pierre and, not noticing his sad look, smiled at him with the egotism of joy.

He towered over them both, the muscles in his arms and shoulders straining against his shirt as he hooked his thumbs in the front pockets of his jeans.

His gaze roved over Jule's European front.

Then, unexpectedly, as often happens, the sound of the hunt suddenly approached, as if the hounds in full cry and Daniel ulyulyuing were just in front of them.

Nicholas could already see not far in front of him the wood where the wolf would certainly escape should she reach it.

In front of it stood carriages without horses and things were being packed into the vehicles.

From above on the left, bisecting that amphitheater, wound the Smolensk highroad, passing through a village with a white church some five hundred paces in front of the knoll and below it.

Long and short sleeve blue button front shirts are available, as well as short-sleeve polo pullovers.

If you'd like to add a name to the front of the hat, you can do that as well.

She tentatively lifted a foot into the front seat, and knew a moment of panic when her sandal heel caught in the hem of her dress.

By the time she reached the front room, Giddon had answered the door.

Giddon closed the door, and Lisa waved to Connie as he walked around the front of the car.

The little car pulled out in front of them.

Without a word, he backed the car until they were close to the one that had pulled out in front of them.

But instead of helping her into the wagon in the same gentlemanly manner, he grabbed her by the collar and waistband and dumped her in the front of the wagon.

They halted in front of a dome shaped dwelling with a grass cover.

I noticed some crocus and daffodils coming up in the front.

Let's say it landed right in front of you when you were cold sober.

A car was parked in front of me, an old Ford.

Howie and I were relegated to shucking more corn and cutting up strawberries on the covered front porch as we watched the rain continue to fall.

I told him a big fat lie in front of you this past weekend.

The store front he pointed out was boarded up.

Our company name was modestly displayed by the front door for all to see.

Her parent's pleas for her return produced front page news.

Grande and Pierre are joining us from our European front.

A full wine glass sat in front of the seat.

The girl in front of her began speaking.

Tattoos flared on the arms and necks of the people in front of her before fading and growing invisible again.

Andre said, stepping in front of her.

Her eyes fell to the entryway in front of the elegant building in which she stayed, then to the street further down, where several forms moved from beneath a canopy, trailed by a shadow darker than night.

She pressed the front of her body against the building, dug her fingertips into indents in the stone, and slid her foot along the roughened ledge to the right, stepping slowly and forcing her head up.