Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: homeward
IPA transcription: [h'oʊmwɚd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: homeward, homeward-bound
    Meaning: oriented toward home; "in a homeward direction"; "homeward-bound commuters"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: homeward, homewards
    Meaning: toward home; "fought his way homeward through the deep snow"
Usage examples
  • Mile after mile along his homeward path he broke it down and tore it up.
  • Good night!" And so saying, Savareen continued his course homeward at a brisk trot.
  • The homeward route was through most of the country over which they had previously traveled.
  • The sails skimmed homeward on a silver sea as the west covered its rosy pink in a veil of deepest blue.
  • So, the happy pair, with this hopeful marriage contract thus signed, sealed, and delivered, repair homeward.
  • Then the chief ghost said, "Now be very careful; to-morrow you and your wife will start on your journey homeward.
  • SAILING homeward, the Doctor's ship had to pass the coast of Barbary. This coast is the seashore of the Great Desert.
  • Finally, about midnight, he was seen going homeward, saluting those whom he met with exaggerated but inoffensive courtesy.
  • The next day the party, most of them sufficiently ashamed of their drunken debauch, commenced with vigor the homeward march.
  • One autumn evening as we drove the flock homeward ten sheep were missing, and the master bade me go and seek them in the forest.