Outwards

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. [=u]teweard.
     See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
     From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
     toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
     as, a ship bound outward.
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           The wrong side may be turned outward.    --Shak.
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           Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
                                                    I. Newton.
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     {Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
        parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
        {homeward bound}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outwards \Out"wards\, adv.
     See {Outward}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outwards
       adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn:
              {outward}] [ant: {inward}]