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homeward

homeward

4 definitions found for homeward

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homeward \Home"ward\, a.
     Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.
     Homeward

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homeward \Home"ward\, Homewards \Home"wards\, adv. [AS.
     h[=a]mweard.]
     Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or
     country.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the
        homeward bound fleet.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  homeward
      adv 1: toward home; "fought his way homeward through the deep
             snow" [syn: homeward, homewards]
      adj 1: oriented toward home; "in a homeward direction";
             "homeward-bound commuters" [syn: homeward, homeward-
             bound]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "homeward":
     anticlockwise, approaching, arriving, clockwise, coming,
     counterclockwise, earthward, entering, heavenward, homeward-bound,
     inbound, incoming, inward-bound, landward, leeward, leftward,
     rightward, seaward, widdershins, windward