Forward (aircraft) definition

(1) Moving toward a position ahead

"Forward motion"

"The onward course of events"

(2) At or near or directed toward the front

"The forward section of the aircraft"

"A forward plunge down the stairs"

"Forward motion"

(3) Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

"In a forward gear"

(4) Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

"A forward child badly in need of discipline"

(5) Moving forward

(6) 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"

(7) 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)

(8) 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"

(9) Forward in time or order or degree

"From that time forth"

"From the sixth century onward"

(10) Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

"The captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

(11) A position on a basketball team

(12) The person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team

(13) Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

"Forward my mail"