Forset
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Forset is a verb meaning (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
Meaning
(transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To get in front of; intercept; waylay; entrap.
More Meanings
- (transitive, dialectal, figuratively, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To upset; hinder.
- (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To overpower; give one too much of anything; surfeit.
- (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, by extension) To overburden or overpower with work; overwork; overtax.
- (transitive, dialectal) A stratagem.
- (transitive, dialectal, Cumbria, Westmoreland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire) To beset; surround; invest; surround with difficulties; bar; impede.
Example Sentences
backset and forset
Word Forms
- forsets
- forsetting
- forsett
Synonyms for forset
Depending on context, synonyms include aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foresnatch, forlay, catch, forelay, forspan, front.
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