Forward
FOR'WARD, adverb [ Latin versus; directed to the forepart. Forwards is also used, but it is a corruption.]
Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; progressively; opposed to backward. Go forward; move forward He ran backward and forward
In a ship, forward denotes toward the forepart.
FOR'WARD, adjective
1. Near or at the forepart; in advance of something else; as the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet; the forward horse in a team.
2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. [[Galatians 2#10|Galatians 2:10]].
3. Ardent; eager; earnest; violent.
Or lead the forward youth to noble war.
4. Bold; confident; less reserved or modest than is proper; in an ill sense; as, the boy is too forward for his years.
5. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season. The grass or the grain is forward or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
6. Quick; hasty; too ready. Be not forward to speak in public. Prudence directs that we be not too forward to believe current reports.
Let us take the instant by the forward top.
8. Advanced; not behindhand.
FOR'WARD, verb transitive
1. To advance; to help onward; to promote; as, to forward a good design.
2. To accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.
3. To send forward; to send towards the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter or dispatches.