Index of English words, starting with "fo"

(1) - Foregather (v. i.) Same as Forgather.

(1) - Forego (v. i.) To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
(2) - Forego (v. t.) To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated.
(3) - Forego (v. t.) To quit; to relinquish; to leave.

(1) - Foregoer (n.) One who forbears to enjoy.
(2) - Foregoer (n.) A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household.
(3) - Foregoer (n.) One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.

(1) - Foregone (p. p.) of Forego

(1) - Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6.