Definition of toward

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Toward (prep.) Approaching; coming near.

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Bully :: Bully (v. t.) To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward..
Northwesterly :: Northwesterly (a.) Toward the northwest, or from the northwest..
Bedward :: Bedward (adv.) Towards bed.
Oblanceolate :: Oblanceolate (a.) Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex..
Useful :: Useful (a.) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts..
Closehauled :: Closehauled (a.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
Southeast :: Southeast (a.) Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind..
Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill..
Progressionist :: Progressionist (n.) One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection.
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..
Crown :: Crown (n.) The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain..
Eastwards :: Eastwards (adv.) Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York..
Bound :: Bound (v.) Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz..
Internal :: Internal (a.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
Aftward :: Aftward (adv.) Toward the stern.
Seaward :: Seaward (adv.) Toward the sea.
Talliage :: Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses..
East :: East (v. i.) To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry..
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