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FORTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Forth mean? 

FORTH (noun)
  The noun FORTH has 1 sense:

1. a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forthplay

  Familiarity information: FORTH used as a noun is very rare.


FORTH (adverb)
  The adverb FORTH has 3 senses:

1. from a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete)play

2. forward in time or order or degreeplay

3. out into viewplay

  Familiarity information: FORTH used as an adverb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Forth; Forth River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Forth" is a part of...):

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)


FORTH (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete)

Synonyms:

away; forth; off

Context example:

go forth and preach

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Forward in time or order or degree

Synonyms:

forth; forward; onward

Context example:

from the sixth century onward


Sense 3

Meaning:

Out into view

Context example:

put my ideas forth


 Context examples 


I have seen him follow Wolf Larsen about with his eyes, like an animal its keeper, the while the animal-like snarl sounded deep in his throat and vibrated forth between his teeth.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Dr. Van Helsing said very gravely:—"Madam Mina, you are, as always, most wise. You shall with us come; and together we shall do that which we go forth to achieve."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They rocked back and forth in a slow and hopeless way, and regularly, once every five minutes, Ebbits emitted a low groan.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

If there were a hidden meaning in it, I was confident that I could pluck it forth.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was finding speech, and all the beauty and wonder that had been pent for years behind his inarticulate lips was now pouring forth in a wild and virile flood.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are no further particulars, and the whole case is in your hands now—so far as it has been set forth in the public press.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The months came and went, and back and forth they twisted through the uncharted vastness, where no men were and yet where men had been if the Lost Cabin were true.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He maintained all his delightful qualities to the last, until we started forth, at eight o'clock, for Mr. Peggotty's boat.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

In that moment White Fang's free nature flashed forth again, and he sank his teeth into the moccasined foot.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Out of sight, out of mind." (English proverb)

"The coward shoots with shut eyes." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"Silence is the sign of approval." (Arabic proverb)

"The best helmsmen stand on shore" (Dutch proverb)



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