Synonyms:
west, due_west, westward, W
Meaning: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
r
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
westward, westwards
Meaning: toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun"
Usage examples
From the Qu'Appelle westward the journey grew more arduous.
A white steam yacht, long and narrow of beam, was steaming slowly westward.
They were there in the hope, and with the thought, to fly westward by boat.
And to the skirl of the bagpipes the procession wound away westward bound for the mountains.
On the prairie, extending nearly ten miles to the westward of the Leona, no trail was discovered.
And my wild heart answered: 'There has been an impassioned stampede, northward and westward, of all the tribes of Man.
From Fort Pitt westward the trail crossed a rough, wooded country, and there were no more scows to take the ox-carts across the rivers.
But the eyes of this history can follow him westward, by Cornhill, Cheapside, Fleet Street, and the Strand, to Piccadilly and the Albany.
For on a cape to the westward stood a giant, taller than any mountain pine; who glittered aloft against the sky like a tower of burnished brass.
The ship rose to a great height, and headed westward at such speed that the hum of the air past its smooth plates rose to a shrill, almost inaudible moan.