seaward

See also: Seaward

English

Etymology

From Middle English seaward, seward (attested only as an adjective), equivalent to sea +‎ -ward.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːwəd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsiwəɹd/

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• Rhymes: -iːwə(ɹ)d

Adjective

seaward (not comparable)

1. Being in or facing towards the sea.

   Alternative form: seawards

   Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards

   Hypernyms: waterward, waterwards

   Coordinate terms: lakeward, lakewards

   Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards

   The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.

   • 2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 59:

     Following service in the First World War, when it was leased by the Admiralty, it suffered a swift decline. And despite reconstruction efforts, concerns about its safety were raised in the 1930s and its seaward portion was demolished in the 1940s.

Derived terms

• seawardly

Translations

in the direction toward the sea

• Dutch: zeewaarts (nl)
• Finnish: merenpuoleinen

Adverb

seaward (not comparable)

1. In the direction of the sea, toward the sea.

   Alternative form: seawards

   Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards

   Hypernyms: waterward, waterwards

   Coordinate terms: lakeward, lakewards

   Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards

   Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].

   • 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 241:

     The great hollow of the island was filled with water, which burst through the circle of the hills at the spot where the great waterfall of Gaua still descends seaward, with a thunderous roar, in a veil of spray.

Translations

toward the sea

• Dutch: zeewaarts (nl)
• Finnish: merelle, merelle päin
• Māori: whakatemoana

See also

• Seward

Anagrams

• sadware, sewadar