1. [adverb] Toward the front.
2. [adverb] In a progressive direction.
3. [verb] Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forward
4. [noun] Plural of forward
5. [adverb] 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).
6. [adverb] 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'.