Crossword clues for fronted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fronted \Front"ed\, a.
Formed with a front; drawn up in line. ``Fronted brigades.''
--Milton.
Front \Front\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fronting.]
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To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.
You four shall front them in the narrow lane.
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To appear before; to meet.
[Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor.
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To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.
And then suddenly front the changed reality.
--J. Morley. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
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To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
Yonder walls, that pertly front your town.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
Formed with a front; drawn up in line. v
(en-past of: front)
Usage examples of "fronted".
Groener appealed to Hindenburg, for whom he had loyally fronted - and taken the blame - when the crucial moment had come, first, in 1918, to tell the Kaiser to go, and then, in 1919, to advise the republican government to sign the Versailles Treaty.
Cheese helped a Worcester fag get over on Wo for a fronted bundle in autum is why.
The last shift of workers had apparently left for the day because the vast, flat yard that fronted the quarry was deserted.
He whistled, a low note of surprise, and stepped off the sidewalk and on to the expanse of close-cropped grass that fronted the mansion.