n.
Function: intransitive verb
Date: 1523
1 : to have the front or principal side adjacent to something also : to have frontage on something <a ten-acre plot front ing on a lake ― Current Biog. >
2 : to serve as a front < front ing for special interests>
transitive verb
1 a : CONFRONT <went to the woods because I wished ⋯ to front only the essential facts of life ― H. D. Thoreau> b : to appear before <daily front ed him in some fresh splendor ― Alfred Tennyson>
2 a : to be in front of <a lawn front ing the house> b : to be the leader of (a musical group) <appeared as a soloist and front ed bands>
3 : to face toward or have frontage on <the house front s the street>
4 : to supply a front to < front ed the building with bricks>
5 a : to articulate (a sound) with the tongue farther forward b : to move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a sentence
6 basketball : to play in front of (an opposing player) rather than between the player and the basket
7 : ADVANCE 7 < front ed him the cash>