forwards

3 definitions found

forwards - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard,
     foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw[aum]rts. The
     s is properly a genitive ending. See For, Fore, and
     -ward, -wards.]
     Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in
     advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
     [1913 Webster]

  Forwards \For"wards\, adv.
     Same as Forward.
     [1913 Webster]

forwards - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  forwards
      adv 1: 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) [syn: forward,
             forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad,
             forrard] [ant: back, backward, backwards,
             rearward, rearwards]
      2: 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" [syn: ahead,
         onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]