Forehand vs Forehanded - What's the difference?
forehand | forehanded |
(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.
The chief or most important part.
Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
* Shakespeare
The hand towards the front of the board
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.
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)- (Johnson)
- (Shakespeare)
- And, but for ceremony, such a wretch / Had the forehand and vantage of a king.