front noun [F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh. akin to E. brow.]

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.

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. “Summer's front.” Shak.

8. (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.

9. (Phon.) 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.

10. The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word “front,” used as an exclamation. [Hotel Cant]

Bastioned front (Mil.)

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. Farrow.

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. Farrow.

To come to the front

to attain prominence or leadership.

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

Front transitive verb [imperfect or past participle Fronted; present participle or verbal noun 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.

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