Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Toward or at home.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in the direction of home: as, a homeward journey.
- Toward home; toward one's habitation; toward one's native country. Also
homewards .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being in the direction of home.
- adverb Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.
- adverb bound for home; going homeward.
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- adverb
towards home - adjective
oriented towards home
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective oriented toward home
- adverb toward home
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first statement of each man -- ever an ancient one in homeward - bound forecastles -- was: "No boarding-house sharks in mine."
Chapter 17 2010
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It was Sunday afternoon, and Pauline and I were tramping along the dusty road homeward from a long walk, during which, having discussed perfectly innocuous subjects, we had agreed.
Aleta Dey 1919
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The first statement of each man -- ever an ancient one in homeward - bound forecastles -- was: "No boarding-house sharks in mine."
Chapter XVII 1913
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For some incredible reason, Earth was calling homeward the latest and swiftest of all its ships.
Tin 2010
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You take them as a matter of course if you are outward bound, but on your call homeward (if you make it) you will look on them as a blessing and a curiosity.
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For some incredible reason, Earth was calling homeward the latest and swiftest of all its ships.
The Lost Worlds of 2001 Clarke, Arthur C. 1972
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Quickly I tossed it over my shoulder and started again homeward.
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He stood at the upper end of the meadow, and called his homeward - drifting flock together; and when the last tones of the call had died away, he began it himself, and stepped on one side.
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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He stood at the upper end of the meadow, and called his homeward - drifting flock together; and when the last tones of the call had died away, he began it himself, and stepped on one side.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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You take them as a matter of course if you are outward bound, but on your call homeward (if you make it) you will look on them as a blessing and a curiosity.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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