ALL meanings of forestall
fore·stall
F f - noun forestall Prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time. 1
- transitive verb forestall prevent, thwart 1
- transitive verb forestall anticipate, act before 1
- verb with object forestall to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police. 1
- verb with object forestall to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate. 1
- verb with object forestall to buy up (goods) in advance in order to increase the price when resold. 1
- verb with object forestall to prevent sales at (a fair, market, etc.) by buying up or diverting goods. 1
- noun forestall (obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue. 0
- noun forestall Something situated or placed in front. 0
- verb forestall (Transitive Verb) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. 0
- verb forestall (Transitive Verb) To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. 0
- verb forestall (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price. 0
- verb forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly. 0
- verb forestall To deprive (with of). 0
- verb forestall (Britain, law) To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. 0
- verb forestall If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it. 0
- verb forestall to delay, stop, or guard against beforehand 0
- verb forestall to anticipate 0
- verb forestall to prevent or hinder sales at (a market, etc) by buying up merchandise in advance, etc 0
- verb forestall to buy up (merchandise) for profitable resale 0
- verb transitive forestall to prevent or hinder by doing something ahead of time 0
- verb transitive forestall to act in advance of; get ahead of; anticipate 0
- verb transitive forestall to interfere with the trading in (a market) by buying up goods in advance, getting sellers to raise prices, etc. 0
- verb transitive forestall to intercept 0
- verb transitive forestall to obstruct by force 0