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Definition of To and fro
1. Adverb. Moving from one place to another and back again. "The old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day"
Definition of To and fro
1. Adverb. (dated) Back and forth; with an alternating motion. ¹
2. Verb. (dated) To go back and forth; to alternate. ¹
3. Adjective. (dated) Pertaining to something or someone moving forward and back to the same position. ¹
4. Noun. (dated) The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of To And Fro
Literary usage of To and fro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"He would now be up every morning by break of day, tracing and walking to and fro
in the valley.2 i , /• ,1 iiii • i- Much perplexed But when he was come to ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... way or two, To pi ai ru, and to romen to and fro; And in hir walk this blinde
man they mette, ..."
3. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)
"Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog— to and fro on the
floor, up and down, and round "THEN RIKKI-TIKKI WAS BATTERED to and fro AS A ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"sat down on a bench, fondled the dog, and looked at his wife аз she moved to and
fro. She was so dejected ! Anno turned quickly and looked at her husband ..."
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