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FORTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth
Synonyms:
Forth; Forth River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Out into view
Example:
put my ideas forth
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Forward in time or order or degree
Example:
from the sixth century onward
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
From a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete)
Example:
go forth and preach
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adverbs
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Context examples:
Ideas will tumble forth from you quickly and easily now, so catch each one and record it in your journal.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The birds sang in more cheerful notes, and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Something must speedily be resolved upon, and it occurred to us at last to go forth together and seek help in the neighbouring hamlet.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Others go back and forth between the two.
(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
A legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
(Law, NCI Thesaurus)
The lawyer, looking forth from the entry, could soon see what manner of man he had to deal with.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Stand forth, and let me clip thee.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The pouring forth of a fluid.
(Fluid Discharge, NCI Thesaurus)
One suggestion included the back-and-forth rubbing of opposing walls of the fractures generating frictional heat that turned ice into geyser-forming vapor and liquid.
(101 Geysers on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)
And with these words the bride drew forth the finger and shewed it to the assembled guests.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
