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Pronunciation:  'howmwurd

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  toward home; "fought his way homeward through the deep snow"
  2. [adj]  oriented toward home; "in a homeward direction"; "homeward-bound commuters"
 
 Synonyms: homeward-bound, homewards, orientated, oriented
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Home"ward\, a.
Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.


  2. \Home"ward\, Homewards \Home"wards\, adv. [AS.
h[=a]mweard.]
Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or
country.

{Homeward bound}, bound for home; going homeward; as, the
   homeward bound fleet.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: anticlockwise, approaching, arriving, clockwise, coming, counterclockwise, earthward, entering, heavenward, homeward-bound, inbound, incoming, inward-bound, landward, leeward, leftward, rightward, seaward, widdershins, windward
 

 

 



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