Forehand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Made or done with the hand moving palm forward: a forehand tennis stroke.
  • adj. Obsolete Taking place, done, or given beforehand; prior.
  • n. A forehand stroke, as in tennis.
  • n. The part of a horse in front of the rider.
  • ad. With a forehand stroke or motion.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke
  • n. a throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
  • n. The chief or most important part.
  • n. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
  • adj. Done beforehand; anticipative.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The part of a horse which is in front of the rider.
  • n. The chief part; main dependence.
  • n. Advantage; the better.
  • Done beforehand; anticipative; done or paid in advance.
  • Being ahead or in advance; front.
  • In lawn-tennis, noting a stroke made by a right-handed player when the ball is on the right side of his body, or by a left-handed player when it is on the left side.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke
  • n. (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
    • Antonym
    backhand   
    Verb Form
    forehanded    forehands   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    return   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    superiority    advantage    start    precedence    anticipative   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    beforehand   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    double-handed    backhanded    orat    over-arm    sure-fire   
     
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