Webster's English Dictionary

front

front \'fr*nt\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L front-, frons - more at BRINK] 1a: 
   FOREHEAD; also : the whole face  1b1: demeanor or bearing esp. in the face 
   of danger or other trial  1b2: external and often feigned appearance  1b3: 
   an artificial or self-important manner  2a1: VANGUARD  2a2: a line of 
   battle  often cap  2a3: a zone of conflict between armies  2a4: lateral 
   space occupied by a military unit  2b1: a stand in reference to some issue 
   : POLICY - usu. used with  change 2b2: a sphere of activity  2b3: a 
   movement linking divergent elements to achieve common objectives; Xesp : a 
   Communist dominated political coalition 3: a side of a building; esp : the 
   side that contains the principal  entrance 4a: the forward part or surface  
   4b1: FRONTAGE  4b2: a beach promenade at a seaside resort  4c: DICKEY  4d: 
   the boundary between two dissimilar air masses  archaic  5: BEGINNING  6a1: 
   a position ahead of a person or of the foremost part of a thing  6a2: - 
   used as a call by a hotel desk clerk in summoning a bellboy  6b: a position 
   of leadership or superiority  7a: a person, group, or thing used to mask 
   the identity or true character o r activity of the actual controlling agent 
   7b: a person who serves as the nominal head or spokesman of an enterprise o 
   r group to lend it prestige
2. front vi 1: FACE  2: to serve as a front {~ing for special interests}  
   1a: CONFRONT  1b: to appear before  2: to be in front of  3: to supply a 
   front to  4: to face toward  5: to articulate (a sound) with the tongue 
   farther forward 
3. front aj 1: of, relating to, or situated at the front  2: articulated at 
   or toward the front of the oral passage {~ vowel s} - front av