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a. an attacking player in any of various sports, such as soccer, hockey, or basketball
b. (in American football) a lineman
forward [′fȯr·wərd]
(navigation)
In a direction nearer dead ahead than dead astern.
(messaging)forward - (verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail message that you have received on to one or more other addressees. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unix sendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's home directory.

A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people.

Unix manual page: aliases(5).
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We have moved forward across his earthworks, across which we have so often vainly attempted to move before, through the debris of his abandoned camps, among the graves of his fallen, into the woods beyond.
A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The sailors forward shouted, as though it was admirable sport.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
Once inside, the problem became simpler since Tarzan followed closely in the rear with his sharp spear point, an unremitting incentive to forward movement on the part of the lion.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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