forepart
forepart noun: the front or anterior part of something.
Noun
forepart (plural foreparts)
- The front or anterior part of something.
- The wing being suppos'd placed in the upmost limit, seems to be put so that the plain of it lies almost horizontal, but onely the forepart does dip a little, or is somewhat more deprest […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXXVIII
- I became aware that the two were standing on the shore alongside the forepart of the steamboat, just below my head.1902, Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, part II, page 100
forepart meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi
forepart in Hindi
- forepart
- नोक nok
forepart in Tamil
- forepart; frontispiece
- முகப்பு mukappu
forepart in Kannada
- ಮೋಕು, ಮುಂಗಡೆ, ಮುಂಕಣಿ, ಮುಂಚೂಣಿ, ಮುಂಚೂಳಿ, ಮುಕ್ಕಟ
forepart in Punjabi
- the forepart; ball of the foot
- ਪੱਬ pabb
More languagesFewer languages
- forepart in Sanskrit
- शिरस् śíras
Forms of forepart
| plural | foreparts |
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Origin of forepart
From Middle English foreparte, forparte, forpart, equivalent to fore- + part. Compare foreparty.
Questions about forepart
- What does forepart mean?
- Forepart means the front or anterior part of something.
- What is forepart in Hindi?
- Forepart in Hindi is नोक (nok). See Forepart meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is forepart?
- Forepart is a noun.
- What is the plural of forepart?
- The plural of forepart is foreparts.
Words near forepart in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: forepart (page history and authors); नोक (Hindi) (page history and authors); முகப்பு (Tamil) (page history and authors); forepart (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੱਬ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); शिरस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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