"fro" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: [fɹəʊ] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-fro.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fro}} Middle English fro, {{inh|en|ang|fra||from}} Old English fra (“from”), {{der|en|non|frá||from}} Old Norse frá (“from”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fram||from}} Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*promo-||forth, forward}} Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”), {{cog|sco|frae||fro, from}} Scots frae (“fro, from”), {{cog|is|frá||from}} Icelandic frá (“from”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} fro (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) From; away; back or backward. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Derived forms: froward, to and fro, enfroward
    Sense id: en-fro-en-adv-WCeG75Yt Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [fɹəʊ] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-fro.ogg Forms: fros [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: Clipping of afro. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|afro}} Clipping of afro. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fro (plural fros)
  1. (slang) Clipping of afro (hairstyle). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: afro (extra: hairstyle) Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: 'fro Related terms: fro-yo (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-fro-en-noun-n-62BL4s Disambiguation of Hair: 8 87 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 51 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 0 0 17 81 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 16 82 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: [fɹəʊ] [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-fro.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊ Etymology: From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fro}} Middle English fro, {{inh|en|ang|fra||from}} Old English fra (“from”), {{der|en|non|frá||from}} Old Norse frá (“from”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fram||from}} Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*promo-||forth, forward}} Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”), {{cog|sco|frae||fro, from}} Scots frae (“fro, from”), {{cog|is|frá||from}} Icelandic frá (“from”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} fro, {{en-prep}} fro
  1. (obsolete) From. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fro-en-prep-J~6gVo2A Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊ/1 syllable",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "afro"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of afro.",
      "name": "clipping of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of afro.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fros",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fro (plural fros)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "etymologically unrelated",
      "word": "fro-yo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "hairstyle",
          "word": "afro"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of afro (hairstyle)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "afro",
          "afro#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Clipping of afro (hairstyle)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fɹəʊ]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-fro.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/30/En-au-fro.ogg/En-au-fro.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/En-au-fro.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "froe"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "'fro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fro"
}

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