Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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"
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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.