"forwards" in the noun sense
1. forward
the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
2. forward
a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team
"forwards" in the verb sense
1. forward, send on
send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
"forward my mail"
"forwards" in the adverb sense
1. forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
at or to or toward the front (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
"he faced forward"
"step forward"
"she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"
2. ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader
in a forward direction
"go ahead"
"the train moved ahead slowly"
"the boat lurched ahead"
"moved onward into the forest"
"they went slowly forward in the mud"
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