for-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /fə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English for-, vor-, ver-, from Old English for-, fer-, fær-, fyr- (“far, away, completely”, prefix), from the merger of Proto-Germanic *fra- ("away, away from"; see fro, from) and Proto-Germanic *fur-, *far- (“through, completely, fully”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per-, *pr-. Cognate with Scots for-, West Frisian fer-, for-, Dutch ver-, German ver-, Swedish för-, Danish for-, Norwegian for-, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-), Latin pro-. More at for.
Senses: examples: text: forsteal
text: forloppin
text: forban
text: fordrive
text: fortake
text: forthrow
text: forshake
text: forhow
glosses: Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'.
examples: text: forsing
text: forwander
text: fortravel
glosses: Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting one's self.
examples: text: forhang
text: forthink
text: fordo
glosses: Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain.
examples: text: forteach
text: forswear
text: forworship
text: forlead
text: forlive
glosses: Wrongly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally.
examples: text: forslip
text: forslug
text: forslack
glosses: Neglectfully: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting.
examples: text: forblack
text: forswollen
glosses: Very: intensifying adjectives.
examples: text: fordote
text: forguilt
glosses: Making: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb.
examples: text: forwax
text: forgrow
text: forhare
glosses: Excessively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm.
examples: text: forjudge
text: forshut
text: forbar
glosses: Excluding: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion.
examples: text: forbeat
text: fordread
text: forlay
glosses: Intensively
examples: text: forgrow
text: forbathe
text: forseek
text: forwrap
glosses: Thoroughly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from forth
word: forban
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forbear
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forbeat
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forcast
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forcasten
sense: terms derived from forth
word: fordo
sense: terms derived from forth
word: fordrive
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forgather
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forgive
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forgo
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forhow
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forloppin
sense: terms derived from forth
word: formelt
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forpine
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forshake
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forsteal
sense: terms derived from forth
word: fortake
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forthrow
sense: terms derived from forth
word: forwear
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forbleed
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: fordo
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: fordone
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forfight
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forirk
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forsing
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forswink
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forswonk
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forswunk
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: fortravel
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forwake
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forwander
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forweary
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forweep
sense: terms derived from exhausting
word: forwork
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forbid
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forbode
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forlead
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forlive
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forswear
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forswearer
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: fortake
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forteach
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forwork
sense: terms derived from wrongly
word: forworship
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forbreak
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forcleave
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: fordo
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: foretossed
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forgab
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forhang
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forlornness
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forseethe
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forthink
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forwall
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forwither
sense: terms derived from destructively
word: forworth
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forget
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forhold
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forhow
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forsake
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forslack
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forsleep
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forslip
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forslow
sense: terms derived from neglectfully
word: forslug
sense: terms derived from very
word: forblack
sense: terms derived from very
word: fordry
sense: terms derived from very
word: forfaint
sense: terms derived from very
word: forhungered
sense: terms derived from very
word: forold
sense: terms derived from very
word: forridden
sense: terms derived from very
word: forspent
sense: terms derived from very
word: forswollen
sense: terms derived from very
word: forweary
sense: terms derived from making
word: fordote
sense: terms derived from making
word: fordrench
sense: terms derived from making
word: fordull
sense: terms derived from making
word: forguilt
sense: terms derived from making
word: forharden
sense: terms derived from making
word: forset
sense: terms derived from making
word: forshame
sense: terms derived from excessively
word: forgrow
sense: terms derived from excessively
word: forhare
sense: terms derived from excessively
word: forwalk
sense: terms derived from excessively
word: forwaste
sense: terms derived from excessively
word: forwax
sense: terms derived from excessively
word: forwound
sense: terms derived from excluding
word: forbar
sense: terms derived from excluding
word: forbid
sense: terms derived from excluding
word: forjudge
sense: terms derived from excluding
word: forsay
sense: terms derived from excluding
word: forshut
sense: terms derived from intensively
word: fordread
sense: terms derived from intensively
word: forlay
sense: terms derived from intensively
word: forpass
sense: terms derived from thoroughly
word: forbathe
sense: terms derived from thoroughly
word: forgrow
sense: terms derived from thoroughly
word: forseek
sense: terms derived from thoroughly
word: forwrap