fore ground

[Pref. fore-, and Eng. ground (q. v.).] The part of a landscape which lies, or expanse of a picture which seems to lie, nearest the front. eye of the spectator, or in front of the figures; the "A foreground black with stones and slags." Tennyson: Palace of Art , 81. *före-gue ', *for-ge , v. t. [Pref. fore-, and Eng. gue (q. v.).] To gue beforehand; to conjecture.