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Front (frŭnt), 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.
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Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. Pope.
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Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. Shak.
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His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. Prior.
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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”; hence, an attitude and demeanor intended to represent one's feelings, even if not actually felt; as, “to put on a good front”.
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With smiling fronts encountering. Shak.
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The inhabitants showed a bold front. Macaulay.
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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”.
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Had he his hurts before?
Ay, on the front. Shak.
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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”.
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5. The most conspicuous part.
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The very head and front of my offending. Shak.
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6. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
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Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front. Mrs. Browning.
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7. The beginning. “Summer's front.” Shak.
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8. (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.
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9. (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.
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10. The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word “front,” used as an exclamation. [Hotel Cant]
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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.
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Front, a. Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, “a front view”.
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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.
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You four shall front them in the narrow lane. Shak.
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2. To appear before; to meet.
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[Enid] daily fronted him
In some fresh splendor. Tennyson.
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3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, “the house fronts the street”.
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And then suddenly front the changed reality. J. Morley.
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4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
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5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, “to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel”.
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Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. Shak.
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Front, v. t. To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, “the house fronts toward the east”.
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