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Forehand vs Forehanded - What's the difference?

forehand | forehanded |

As a noun forehand

is a stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

As an adjective forehanded is

looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.

forehand

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke
  • (disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger
  • All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
  • (Johnson)
  • The chief or most important part.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
  • * Shakespeare
  • And, but for ceremony, such a wretch / Had the forehand and vantage of a king.
  • The hand towards the front of the board
  • Synonyms

    * (kind of throw in sports) (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    forehanded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 88:
  • *:‘I dun'no' whether it air night or no,’ she said [...]. ‘I mought be too forehanded a-gittin' supper fur aught I kin tell.’
  • (sports, not comparable) Played with a forehand stroke.