Westward

6 definitions found

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

  Westward \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adv. [AS.
     westweard. See {West}, and {-ward}. ]
     Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
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           Westward the course of empire takes its way.


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

  Westward \West"ward\, a.
     Lying toward the west.
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           Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Westward \West"ward\, n.
     The western region or countries; the west.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  westward
       adj : moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: {westbound},
              {westerly}]
       adv : toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting
             sun" [syn: {westwards}]

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "westward":
     W, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east,
     eastward, half points, lubber line, north, northeast, northward,
     northwest, occident, orient, quarter points, rhumb, south,
     southeast, southward, southwest, sunrise, sunset, west, westabout,
     westerly, westernly, westwardly, westwards
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Westward
     sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).