Toward+the+east

  • 11east|ward — «EEST wuhrd», adverb, adjective, noun. –adv., adj. toward the east; east: »He walked eastward (adv.). The orchard is on the eastward slope of the hill (adj.). –n. an eastward part, direction, or point …

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  • 12east|ward|ly — «EEST wuhrd lee», adjective, adverb. 1. toward the east. 2. from the east: »an eastwardly wind …

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  • 13The Owl House — is a museum in Nieu Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The house itself was inherited by a woman named Helen Martins (b. December, 1897) after her parents had died (Martins was in Nieu Bethesda to care for her ill mother). According to sources …

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  • 14east — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Situated to the east] Syn. Eastern, eastward, in the east, on the east side of, toward the sunrise, east side, lying toward the east, situated toward the east, Easterly, Easternmost, eastmost. 2. [Going toward the east]… …

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  • 15east — eastness, n. /eest/, n. 1. a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbr: E 2. the direction in which this point lies. 3. (usually cap.) a quarter or territory situated in this direction. 4. the East, a. the parts of Asia… …

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  • 16east — [[t]ist[/t]] n. 1) geo naut. navig. a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north abbr.:E 2) geo the direction in which this point lies 3) (usu. cap.) a region or territory situated in this direction 4) geg the East a) the continent… …

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  • 17east — east1 [ ist ] noun uncount *** the direction that is in front of you when you are facing the rising sun, and is usually at the right on a map: driving from east to west a. the east the part of a country, region, or place that is in the east: They …

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  • 18East —    1) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus the east country is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais (Zech. 8:7).    (2). Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is before or in front of another; the… …

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  • 19east — iːst n. direction from which the sun rises, direction opposite west on a compass adj. of the east; situated in the east adv. toward the east …

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  • 20east bound — adj. moving in an easterly direction, headed toward the east …

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