Fro

//fɹəʊ// adv, noun, prep, slang

adv, noun, prep, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of afro (hairstyle). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Adverb
  1. 1
    From; away; back or backward. not-comparable
Preposition
  1. 1
    From. obsolete

    "The preest that hawkys so, All grace is far hym fro."

Synonyms

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a reboursa reculonsafroagainst the grainanticlockwisearear

Example

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"The lion walked to and fro in its cage all day."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.

Etymology 2

Clipping of afro.

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to and fro

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