The noun forward has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. forward -- (the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team)
2. forward -- (a position on a basketball team)
Overview of verb forward
The verb forward has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) forward, send on -- (send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail")
Overview of adj forward
The adj forward has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) forward -- (at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion")
2. (1) forward, onward -- (moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events")
3. forward -- (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline")
4. forward -- (of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear")
The adv forward has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (53) forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard -- (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))
2. (5) forth, forward, onward -- (forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward")
3. (3) ahead, forward -- (toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you")
4. (3) ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader -- (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")
5. fore, forward -- (near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments")