front in WordNet English dictionary

1. the line along which opposing armies face each other
   battlefront  front  front line 
   
2. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
   front man  front  figurehead  nominal head  straw man  strawman 
   
3. the side that is forward or prominent
   front  front end  forepart 
   
4. the side that is seen or that goes first
   front 
   
5. the outward appearance of a person
   "he put up a bold front"
   front 
   
6. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
   "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
   movement  social movement  front 
   
7. the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
   "he walked to the front of the stage"
   front 
   
8. the immediate proximity of someone or something
   "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
   presence  front 
   
9. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
   front 
   
10. a sphere of activity involving effort
    "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
    front 
    

1. confront bodily
   "breast the storm"
   front  breast 
   
2. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
   "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
   front  look  face 
   

1. relating to or located in the front
   "the front lines"; "the front porch"
   front