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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Front \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, [sect]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]

Front \Front\, v. t.
   To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the
   house fronts toward the east.

Front \Front\, 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 of un person,
      of the troops, or of a house.

   5. The most conspicuous part.

            The very head and front of my offending. --Shak.

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

            Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front.
                                                  --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.

   7. The beginning. ``Summer's front.'' --Shak.

   {Bastioned front} (Mil.), a curtain connerting two half
      bastions.

   {Front door}, the door in the front wall of a building,
      usually the principal entrance.

   {Front of fortification}, the works constructed upon any one
      side of a polygon. --Farrow.

   {Front of operations}, all that part of the field of
      operations in front of the successive positions occupied
      by the army as it moves forward. --Farrow.

   {To come to the front}, to attain prominence or leadership.

Front \Front\, a.
   Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a
   position in front; foremost; as, a front view.

Front \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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

front
     adj 1: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the
            front porch" [syn: {front(a)}] [ant: {back(a)}]
     2: located anteriorly [syn: {fore(a)}, {front(a)}]

front
     n 1: the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she
          blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of
          danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company" [syn:
           {presence}]
     2: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: {front end}, {forepart}]
        [ant: {rear}]
     3: the side that is seen or that goes first [ant: {rear}]
     4: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were
        active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise
        on many different fronts"
     5: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: {battlefront},
         {front line}]
     6: a group of people with a common ideology who try together to
        achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of
        the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass
        movement"; "he led the national liberation front" [syn: {movement},
         {social movement}]
     7: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the
        boundary between two different air masses
     8: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
        [syn: {front man}, {figurehead}, {nominal head}, {straw
        man}, {strawman}]
     9: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
     10: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;
         "he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: {back}]

front
     v 1: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to
          another reference point; be opposite to; "The house
          looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The
          building faces the park" [syn: {look}, {face}] [ant: {back}]
     2: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: {breast}]