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Definition of fore : 1. Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
2. Before; - sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.
3. Formerly; previously; afore.
4. In or towards the bows of a ship.
5. In the part that precedes or goes first; - opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
6. Journey; way; method of proceeding.
7. The front; hence, that which is in front; the future.

Synonyms:

frontal, foremost, forrard, forrader, in the background, shank, behind, forrad, onward, frontward, onwards, in front, precede, opposite, near, forward, radical, curtain call, rear, theme, frontwards, front, bow, nearest, root word, prow, forth, arc, base, root, bowknot, ahead, rearmost, bowing, up front, face, at someone's heels, stem turn, obeisance, stem, forepart, forwards, past, anterior, stalk

Usage examples:

• Ay, and so will he for his children, for they will be his future as his fore fathers are his past. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
• The two first fore compartments, as the bulkheads did not hold together, had filled with water. - "The Coming Conquest of England", August Niemann.
• Phil's mare plunged its fore feet into the soft earth, then reared in terror. - "The Spoilers of the Valley", Robert Watson.