Definition of towards

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Towards (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.

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Towards :: Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.
View :: View (n.) That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping..
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target..
Equinoctially :: Equinoctially (adv.) Towards the equinox.
Vanward :: Vanward (a.) Being on, or towards, the van, or front..
God-fearing :: God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market..
Diaheliotropism :: Diaheliotropism (n.) A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.
Up :: Up (prep.) From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson..
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor..
Fastigiated :: Fastigiated (a.) Narrowing towards the top.
Aport :: Aport (adv.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
Inshore :: Inshore (a.) Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents..
Sky :: Sky (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket..
Gardant :: Gardant (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..
Levogyrate :: Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc..
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division..
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