Seaward

4 definitions found

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

  Seaward \Sea"ward\, a.
     Directed or situated toward the sea. --Donne.
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           Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges
           like a frosted fleece.                   --G. W. Cable.


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

  Seaward \Sea"ward\, adv.
     Toward the sea. --Drayton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seaward
       adj 1: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore
              breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "seaward winds" [syn: {inshore},
               {onshore}] [ant: {offshore}]
       2: directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the
          sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course";
          "on the seaward side of the road"
       adv : in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"
             [syn: {seawards}, {asea}, {toward the sea}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "seaward":
     anticlockwise, clockwise, counterclockwise, earthward, heavenward,
     homeward, in blue water, landward, leeward, leftward, oceanward,
     oceanwards, off, off soundings, offshore, out of soundings,
     rightward, seawards, widdershins, windward