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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| fore1 (fɔː) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (usually in combination) located at, in, or towards the front: the forelegs of a horse |
| —n | |
| 2. | the front part |
| 3. | something located at, in, or towards the front |
| 4. | short for foremast |
| 5. | fore and aft located at or directed towards both ends of a vessel: a fore-and-aft rig |
| 6. | to the fore |
| a. to or into the front or conspicuous position | |
| b. (Scot), (Irish) alive or active: is your grandfather still to the fore? | |
| —adv | |
| 7. | at or towards a ship's bow |
| 8. | obsolete before |
| —prep, —conj | |
| 9. | a less common word for before |
| [Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fora, Gothic faura, Greek para, Sanskrit pura] | |