"forehand" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fɔːhænd/ [UK], /fɔːɹhænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forehand.wav
Etymology: From fore- + hand. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|hand}} fore- + hand Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} forehand (not comparable)
  1. Beforehand; paid in advance. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-adj-owMrGsKG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 1 9 3 15 9 9 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 21 4 22 13 5 15 13 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 4 10 2 12 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 2 9 3 8 6 6 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 4 1 15 4 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 40 4 13 7 10 11 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 4 12 5 12 8 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 44 5 14 7 12 8 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 4 12 5 12 8 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 3 11 2 10 12 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 5 13 7 12 8 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 48 4 15 3 11 8 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 44 4 16 5 10 9 8 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 4 12 5 12 8 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 47 5 11 6 11 8 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 4 12 5 12 8 9 3

Noun

IPA: /fɔːhænd/ [UK], /fɔːɹhænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forehand.wav Forms: forehands [plural]
Etymology: From fore- + hand. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|hand}} fore- + hand Head templates: {{en-noun}} forehand (plural forehands)
  1. (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-noun-mWwtVU1Z
  2. (disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger. Categories (topical): Ultimate Synonyms (kind of throw in sports): flick
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-noun-yksT7Qo9 Disambiguation of Ultimate: 23 2 31 6 5 10 19 4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 21 4 22 13 5 15 13 6 Disambiguation of 'kind of throw in sports': 7 78 2 1 7 5
  3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider. Translations (all of the part of a horse which is before the rider): предница (prednica) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-noun-noxdyx1K Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 21 4 22 13 5 15 13 6 Disambiguation of 'all of the part of a horse which is before the rider': 0 2 93 2 1 2
  4. (archaic) The chief or most important part. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-noun-FTUEeu1Y
  5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-noun-7KDsg4l8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 21 4 22 13 5 15 13 6
  6. (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board. Categories (topical): Surfing
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-noun-vRJT9hzT Categories (other): English terms prefixed with fore- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with fore-: 21 4 22 13 5 15 13 6 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (stroke in racket sports): форхенд (forhend) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cop de dreta [masculine] (Catalan), 正手 (zhèngshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), forhend [masculine] (Czech), kämmenlyönti (Finnish), coup droit [masculine] (French), tenyeres (Hungarian), forhend [masculine] (Polish), forehand [neuter] (Romanian), forhend [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), forehand [common-gender] (Swedish), forehandslag [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'stroke in racket sports': 24 18 5 20 14 18

Verb

IPA: /fɔːhænd/ [UK], /fɔːɹhænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forehand.wav Forms: forehands [present, singular, third-person], forehanding [participle, present], forehanded [participle, past], forehanded [past]
Etymology: From fore- + hand. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|fore|hand}} fore- + hand Head templates: {{en-verb}} forehand (third-person singular simple present forehands, present participle forehanding, simple past and past participle forehanded)
  1. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-forehand-en-verb-npj7skLl

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked",
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          "text": "The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host",
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          "text": "And, but for ceremony such a wretch,\nWinding up days with toil and nights with sleep,\nHad the forehand and vantage of a king",
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        "(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke."
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        "(disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger."
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        {
          "ref": "1618, Michel Baret, An Hipponomie […] :",
          "text": "[…]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "All of the part of a horse which is before the rider."
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          "ref": "1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 1, scene 3:",
          "text": "The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host",
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        }
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        "The chief or most important part."
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        "(archaic) The chief or most important part."
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          "ref": "1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
          "text": "And, but for ceremony such a wretch,\nWinding up days with toil and nights with sleep,\nHad the forehand and vantage of a king",
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        }
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        "The hand towards the front of the board."
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        "(surfing) The hand towards the front of the board."
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      "sense": "kind of throw in sports",
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      "roman": "forhend",
      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "форхенд"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
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      "word": "cop de dreta"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngshǒu",
      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
      "word": "正手"
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      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "forhend"
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      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
      "word": "kämmenlyönti"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "coup droit"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "stroke in racket sports",
      "word": "tenyeres"
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      "word": "forhend"
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      "word": "forehandslag"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prednica",
      "sense": "all of the part of a horse which is before the rider",
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}

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          "text": "a forehand rent"
        }
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        "Beforehand; paid in advance."
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        "To strike with a forehand stroke."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke."
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}

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