Front — Defs

01 n. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

1.
The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
“Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue.” — Pope.

“Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front.” — Shak.

“His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.” — Prior.
2.
The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front;
“With smiling fronts encountering.” — Shak.

“The inhabitants showed a bold front.” — Macaulay.
3.
The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army.
“Had he his hurts before? Ay, on the front.” — Shak.
4.
A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
5.
The most conspicuous part.
“The very head and front of my offending.” — Shak.
6.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
“Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front.” — Mrs. Browning.
7.
The beginning.
8.
All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.(Fort.)
9.
The middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation, §10.(Phon.)
10.
The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word “front,” used as an exclamation.[Hotel Cant]

Phrases & compounds

Bastioned front — a curtain connerting two half bastions.

Front door — the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance.

Front of fortification — the works constructed upon any one side of a polygon.

Front of operations — all that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward.

To come to the front — to attain prominence or leadership.

02 a. Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.

1.
Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.

03 v. t. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.

imp. & p. p. Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fronting

1.
To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.
“You four shall front them in the narrow lane.” — Shak.
2.
To appear before; to meet.
“[Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor.” — Tennyson.
3.
To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.
“And then suddenly front the changed reality.” — J. Morley.
4.
To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
5.
To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
“Yonder walls, that pertly front your town.” — Shak.

04 v. t. To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.

1.
To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.