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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the direction toward the sea;


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. (of winds) coming from the land;
- Example: "offshore winds"
[syn: offshore, seaward]

2. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land;
- Example: "an inshore breeze"
- Example: "an onshore gale"
- Example: "sheltered from seaward winds"
[syn: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward]

3. directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast;
- Example: "from the hill he took a seaward course"
- Example: "on the seaward side of the road"


ADVERB (1)

1. in the direction of the sea;
- Example: "the sailor looked seaward"
[syn: seaward, seawards, asea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Seaward \Sea"ward\, a. Directed or situated toward the sea. --Donne. [1913 Webster] Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Seaward \Sea"ward\, adv. Toward the sea. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

seaward adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seaward, seawards, asea] adj 1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn: offshore, seaward] [ant: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] 2: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds" [syn: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] [ant: offshore, seaward] 3: 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" n 1: the direction toward the sea
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "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