Forward

For´ward

n.	1.	An agreement; a covenant; a promise. Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. - Chaucer.
adv.	1.	Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; - opposed to backward.
a.	1.	Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
	2.	Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; too hasty. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. - Gal. ii. 10. Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. - Shak.
	3.	Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years. I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. - T. Arnold.
	4.	Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring. The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement. [imp. & p. p. Forwarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Forwarding.]
	2.	To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

Noun	1.	forward - the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
	2.	forward - a position on a basketball team
Verb	1.	forward - send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" Synonyms: send on
Adj.	1.	forward - at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" Antonyms: backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
	2.	forward - moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events" Synonyms: onward
	3.	forward - used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" Antonyms: backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
	4.	forward - of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" Antonyms: reverse - of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear"
	5.	forward - moving forward Synonyms: forward-moving, advancing
	6.	forward - situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
	7.	forward - situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
Adv.	1.	forward - 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) Synonyms: forrad, forrard, forwards, frontward, frontwards Antonyms: backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards, back - at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
	2.	forward - forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" Synonyms: onward, forth
	3.	forward - 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" Synonyms: ahead Antonyms: backward, back - in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
	4.	forward - 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" Synonyms: forrader, onwards, forwards, onward, ahead
	5.	forward - near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" Synonyms: fore

(messaging)

forward - (verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail message that you have received on to one or more other addressees. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unix sendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's home directory.

A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people.

Unix manual page: aliases(5).

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