Afore

Word AFORE
Character 5
Hyphenation a fore
Pronunciations /əˈfɔː/

Definitions and meanings of "Afore"

What do we mean by afore?

Before. adverb, preposition & conjunction

Before in place; in front: especially in nautical phraseology.

Before in time; previously.

Before in time.

Before in place; nautical, further forward or nearer the bows than: as, afore the windlass.

Before in position, station, or rank.

In or into the presence of; under the regard or notice of.

Before that; before; rather than.

Before (in all its senses). preposition

Before; in front of; farther forward than. preposition

Among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers. preposition

Before. adverb

In the fore part of a vessel. adverb

Before. adverb

In the fore part of a ship. adverb

Before preposition

Before.

In the fore part of a ship.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Afore

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The word "afore" in example sentences

"I asked you if she wan't a Cahoon; Cahoon was her name afore she married Hall, wan't it?" ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

"Blest if I've ever 'eard the lingo afore," said Bill. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Noo she's in afore the King, bowed doon upon a knee ❋ Unknown (1898)

Why, a vagrant's a chap that, if he'd all your master owns to-morrow, he'd be on the tramp again afore t 'year were out, and three years wouldn't repair t' mischief he'd leave behind him. ❋ Unknown (1881)

The kerrige's lined with blue satin, 'n' never was sot in afore this mornin '. ❋ Unknown (1869)

Folks oughtenter lay up their treasures on airth; I could n't help thinkin 'on 't, when I see Tiny a wearin' them jewels, jest how vain an 'transitory everythin' is, an 'how the women 't has worn 'em afore is all turned to dust, an' lyin 'in their graves. ❋ Unknown (1869)

"Why weren't we called afore?" asked one of the party. ❋ William Henry Thomes (1859)

Shields, years ago; and he called him by his name afore they were well out o 't' river. ❋ Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1837)

I hadn’t time to ask him a word afore he was gone. An’ ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Now ... the young 'uns, they want the coins afore the first join is set, afore the barrel holds water, afore the ... ah, what's the use? ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)

"Cante say, masser, not percisely, as to dat ar '; kind o' seems to me he's done gone from hur, clar an 'all; but jes over thar's a mighty good doctor; you can see his name afore the door if you'll step this yere way ❋ Various (N/A)

So that if any other do innovate and bring up to me a word afore not used or not heard, I would not dispraise it: and that I do attempt to bring it into use, another man should not cavil at. "[ ❋ Flora Ross Amos (N/A)

"Ah," said old Beale admiringly, "you'll be a-busting with book-larnin 'afore you come to your twenty-one, I lay. ❋ Edith (1923)

"She wur whimperin 'afore he coom," said the woman, "but she cried i 'good earnest when he spoke to her, an' talked to him an 'hung back as if she could na mak' up her moind whether to go or no. ❋ Unknown (1877)

I would trust your word afore I'd trust a couple o 'constables, for a' that's come and gane. " ❋ Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1875)

If he writes his name afore he's paid, that's HIS look-out. " ❋ Mark Rutherford (1872)

"Indeed, sir," said she, "I never heard nobody doubt my word afore; but this comes of leaving the place where you are known. ❋ Catherine Helen Spence (1867)

"I didn't know as she had a name afore she was married. ❋ Unknown (1859)

"Well, I didn't know, for I never heerd the word afore; but it don't do to say you don't know, it lowers you in the eyes of other folks. ❋ Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1830)

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