Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; progressively; opposed to backward. Go forward; move forward. He ran backward and forward. In a ship, forward denotes toward the forepart.

Near or at the forepart; in advance of something else; as the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet; the forward horse in a team.

Ready; prompt; strongly inclined. Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. Galatians 2:10.

Ardent; eager; earnest; violent. Or lead the forward youth to noble war.

Bold; confident; less reserved or modest than is proper; in an ill sense; as, the boy is too forward for his years.

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season. The grass or the grain is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.

Quick; hasty; too ready. Be not forward to speak in public. Prudence directs that we be not too forward to believe current reports.

Anterior; fore. Let us take the instant by the forward top.

Advanced; not behindhand.

To advance; to help onward; to promote; as, to forward a good design.

To accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.

To send forward; to send towards the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter or dispatches.