Definitions for Forth

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Forth forth

Spelling: [fawrth, fohrth]

IPA: /fɔrθ, foʊrθ/

Forth is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in Forth (fhort).

Definitions for Forth

noun

1. Firth of, an arm of the North Sea, in SE Scotland: estuary of Forth River. 48 miles (77 km) long.
2. a river in S central Scotland, flowing E into the Firth of Forth. 116 miles (187 km) long.

adverb

1. onward or outward in place or space; forward:
2. onward in time, in order, or in a series:
3. out, as from concealment or inaction; into view or consideration:
4. away, as from a place or country:

preposition

1. Archaic. out of; forth from.

Origin of Forth

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German fort; akin to further

Examples for Forth

Still there was nothing like certainty; 'twas always best to be off wi' the old, an' so forth!

One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.

There was a little pause, while the lawyer moved back and forth nervously.

And then I'd like to sit and look at the trees sway back and forth in the wind.

Lakes on Titan are full of methane, and the chemical is a major component of the giant planets Jupiter, Neptune, and so forth.

There are a lot of people who go back and forth now and blend both approaches into their work.

In the 1950s, you had people like Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger moving back and forth between the two worlds.

What could the little bird mean by pouring it forth at midnight?

The proprietors of the show may be dukes, and earls, and marquisses, and so forth.

“He was back and forth to Maryland for a while but then she had enough,” the friend said.