fro

Pendulum's return path

Fro survives almost exclusively in the phrase to and fro, meaning back and forth: The pendulum swung to and fro.

On its own, fro is archaic for "from" or "away." The word appears in a few other fossilized expressions like hither and fro, but these are rare and literary.

motion

swing

Suspended recreational seat

pendulumSuspended swinging weight
swayRock back and forth
oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement

shuttle · movement · rocking · reciprocal · alternating · rhythm

afro

hairstyle

Arranged head covering

curlsSpiraling hair sections
volumeAmount of space filled
textureSurface tactile quality

natural · puff · kinky · coily · bushy · dense · halo · crown · ringlets · twists

preposition

fore

Toward the front

Categories

archaic wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, tis
body slangboobs, butt, tush, bum, rear

Opposites

direction of movement

froto

Preceding infinitive verbs

toward · towards · hither · forth · forward

Phrases

from scratchStarting with nothing prepared
from now onBeginning at present
far fromAt great distance from
where are you fromInquiry about geographic origin
come fromOriginate or emerge from
away fromNot in proximity to

Family

from, to and fro, to-and-fro

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G