Before: alternatives and connections

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

To stand or sit with anything between the legs, or with the legs astride; to stand over

a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead"

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…

A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose i…

To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.

That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression i…

To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…

To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.

To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preo…

To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.

To take or put into a house; to shelter under a roof; to cover from the inclemencies of the weather; to protect by covering; as, to ho…