'Forget' definitions:
Definition of 'forget'
From: WordNet
verb
Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant: remember, think of]
verb
Be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!" [syn: forget, block, blank out, draw a blank] [ant: call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think]
verb
Forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" [ant: bear in mind, mind]
verb
Leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors" [syn: forget, leave]
Definition of 'Forget'
From: GCIDE
- Forget \For*get"\, v. t. [imp. Forgot(Forgat, Obs.); p. p. Forgotten, Forgot; p. pr. & vb. n. Forgetting.] [OE. forgeten, foryeten, AS. forgietan, forgitan; pref. for- + gietan, gitan (only in comp.), to get; cf. D. vergeten, G. vergessen, Sw. f["o]rg[aum]ta, Dan. forgiette. See For-, and Get, v. t.]
- 1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing. [1913 Webster]
- Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. --Ps. ciii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- Let my right hand forget her cunning. --Ps. cxxxvii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Hath thy knee forget to bow? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect. [1913 Webster]
- Can a woman forget her sucking child? . . . Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. --Is. xlix. 15. [1913 Webster]
- To forget one's self. (a) To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forget'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- blink at,
- blow up,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- bury the hatchet,
- charge off,
- charge to experience,
- consign to oblivion,
- discount,
- dismiss,
- disregard,
- draw a blank,
- drop the subject,
- fail,
- fluff,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- forgive and forget,
- ignore,
- lay aside,
- leave behind,
- let it go,
- let it pass,
- let slip,
- lose,
- lose sight of,
- not remember,
- omit,
- overlook,
- overpass,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- set aside,
- shrug off,
- slight,
- sneeze at,
- think nothing of,
- thrust aside,
- turn away from,
- write off