different between forehand vs forehanded

English

Etymology

fore- +? hand

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??hænd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f???hænd/

Noun

forehand (plural forehands)

1. (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
2. (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.
3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

4. (archaic) The chief or most important part.
5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
6. (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.

Synonyms

• (kind of throw in sports): flick

Antonyms

• backhand

Translations

Adjective

forehand (not comparable)

1. Beforehand; paid in advance.

   a forehand rent

Antonyms

• afterhand

Verb

forehand (third-person singular simple present forehands, present participle forehanding, simple past and past participle forehanded)

1. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.

English

Etymology

From forehand +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???hand?d/

Adjective

forehanded (comparative more forehanded, superlative most forehanded)

1. (now US) 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.’
2. (obsolete, US) Wealthy.
3. (not comparable) Executed with a forehand stroke.
4. Direct, straightforward, sincere.
5. (obsolete) Paid or executed in advance.
6. (obsolete) Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.

Adverb

forehanded (comparative more forehanded, superlative most forehanded)

1. With a forehand stroke.