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