Word Study
seaward
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun seaward has 1 sense
Adjective seaward has 3 senses
- seaward(a = adj.all) offshore - (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds"
- seaward(a = adj.all) inshore, onshore, shoreward - (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
- seaward(s = adj.all) Array - 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"
Adverbial seaward has 1 sense
- seaward(r = adv.all) asea, seawards - in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"
CIDE DICTIONARY
seaward, a.
Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne. [1913 Webster]
"Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece."
[1913 Webster]
seaward, adv.
Toward the sea. Drayton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
seaward, adv., adj., & n.
--adv. (also seawards) towards the sea.
--adj. going or facing towards the sea.
--n. such a direction or position.
--adv. (also seawards) towards the sea.
--adj. going or facing towards the sea.
--n. such a direction or position.
THESAURUS
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
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