toward(s) [ tə'wɔ:d(z)] prep.向；对于；接近
towards [ tə'wɔ:dz] prep.为了，有助于
toward(s) [tə'wɔ:d(z)] prep. 向,朝,对于, 接近, 有助于
toward [tə'wɔ:d] prep.朝(着..方向)
严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
抓大放小,三改一加强 (Efforts were focused on) the reform, reorganization, upgrading and better management of enterprises, aiming at well managing large enterprises while adopting more flexible policies toward small ones
mean (心眼儿; 态度)坏; 凶
After I told him that I wasn't going to buy the car, the salesman became very mean towards me.
我跟那个汽车销售员说我并不打算买那不车后, 他变的对我态度恶劣。
"mean" 是用来表示态度或心眼儿不好很常用的字。好比有人故意做些雪上加霜的事,
就可以说 "He is a mean person." (他这个人很坏)。
抱起朋友家的猫, 结果被猫抓了一把, 朋友也可以对猫说: "You're a mean cat."
严以律己,宽以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
An investigation shows that female workers tend to have a favorable attitude toward retirement.
一项调查显示妇女欢迎退休。
12a. A proper part-time job does not occupy students' too much time. In fact, it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study. As an old saying goes: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
一份适当的业余工作并不会占用学生太多的时间，事实上，把全部的时间都用到学习上并不健康，正如那句老话：只工作，不玩耍，聪明的孩子会变傻。
In the second place, from psychological aspect, the majority of children seem to tend to have an unfavorable attitude toward additional educational activities.
第二，从心理上讲，大部分孩子似乎对额外的学习没有什么好感。
People differ in their attitudes towards failure. Faced with it, some of them can stand up to it, draw useful lessons from it and try hard to fulfill what they are determined to do. Others, however, lose heart and give in.
人们对失败持有不同的态度。面对失败，有人能够经得起考验，从失败中汲取教训，并努力去完成他们下定决心要做的事情。然而，另一些人却丧失信心并退却了。
Manage well large enterprises and adopt a flexible policy towards small ones 抓好大的，放活小的
I never blame failures — there are too many complicated situations in life, but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.
我从不责备失败——生活中复杂的情况实在太多，但对于不努力，我绝不宽恕。
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.
我们对作为同类的其他人所犯下的最大罪过不是憎恨，而是漠不关心，那是不近人情的本质。
Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.
罪行总是匆匆赶向它的补充——惩罚，只有在那里它才能得到满足。
The only tolerance in the world, the only tolerance that earns the name, is that toward intolerance.
世间唯一的宽容，唯一名副其实的宽容，是对不宽容的宽容。
The plane was flying toward the southeast.
飞机在朝东南方向飞行。
The group will work toward the establishment of schools for the poor.
这个团体将致力于为穷人创办学校。
His leaving underlined his negative attitude toward the evening party.
他的离席说明他不喜欢这个晚会。
The soldiers thrust toward the enemy.
士兵向敌人冲过去。
He was never spontaneously warm or friendly toward us.
他对我们从未真心地热情和友好过。
That he left the city registered his negative attitude toward it.
他离开这个城市表明他不喜欢这里。
Classmates should be spontaneously warm or friendly toward each other.
同班同学相互间应该真心地热情和友好。
Pull this handle towards you to set the machine in motion.
拉动这个手柄就可以使机器运转起来。
Pull this handle towards you to set the machine in motion.
拉动把手，启动机器。
There emerges a trend towards the development of the information industry.
呈现出了发展信息产业的趋势。
Nowadays a trend towards part-time employment emerges.
如今出现了一个打工潮。
My father could not help commenting on Linda's indifference toward her brother's tears.
琳达对她兄弟在流泪无动于衷，我父亲忍不住说了她几句。
We perceived a little girl coming toward us.
我们看见一个小姑娘朝我们走来。
It is a giant step towards success.
这是迈向成功的一大步。
I have no hostility towards anyone.
我对任何人都没有敌意。
People are worried about the government’s indifferent attitude toward drug dealing.
人们因政府在毒品交易问题上所表现出的漠不关心的态度而感到担心。
In the past few years there has been an increasing tendency towards the use of guns by criminals.
近年来罪犯使用枪械呈上升趋势。
He is considerate towards old people.
他很体贴老年人。
They have played an important role in the drive towards peace.
他们在努力争取和平方面发挥了重要作用。
His thesis works relatively well when applied to discrimination against Blacks in the United States, but his definition of racial prejudice as “ racially-based negative prejudgments against a group generally accepted as a race in any given region of ethnic competition,” can be interpreted as also including hostility toward such ethnic groups as the Chinese in California and the Jews in medieval Europe.
对于针对美国黑人的种族歧视，他的理论相对成立得较好，但是他将种族偏见如此定义：“在某一特定区域内的种族竞争中被普遍接受的一个种族所受到的基于种族的负面偏见。”可以看作也包含有对象加州的中国人以及中世纪的犹太人等少数民族的敌视。
There are several steps that can be taken, of which the chief one is to demand of all the organizations that exist with the declared objectives of safeguarding the interests of animals that they should declare clearly where they stand on violence towards people.
有几项措施可以采取，其中主要的是要所有宣布以保护动物利益为目标的组织都明确宣布他们对于人类所受到的暴力袭击表决坚定的立场、
He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “ step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power.
他很迷惑我并不想要明显的是所有美国人被教导长大后要追求的东西：金钱和权力。
Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening.
直到这个世纪末还是有大量的这样的争论，书籍是否应该作为信息来认真对待，还是有些像报纸之类的阅读材料已经在精神上有某种程度地减弱了。
Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward.
完美主义者倾向于为了一点小事花费比事情本身更大的代价去完成。
The cat was creeping silently towards the mouse.
猫悄悄地朝着老鼠爬过去。
He dashed across the street and ran towards me.
他冲过马路，向我跑过来。
He was walking towards town when I met him.
我遇到他时，他正往镇上走去。
Actually, my interest was directed more towards what particular markets you foresee for our product.
事实上，我关心的是贵公司对我们产品市场的考量。
Be considerate towards the poor.
要为穷人著想。
Peace on earth and good will towards men.
愿世界得太平，人间持善意。
Actually, my interest was directed more towards what particular markets you foresee for our product.
事实上，我关心的是贵公司对我们产品市场的考量。
A Excuse me, do you know where the Beijing Grand Hotel is?
A 打扰了，请问你知道北京贵宾楼怎么走吗？
B Yes, it’s that way. Straight ahead.
B 是的，那条路。一直走就到了。
A Straight ahead?
A 一直走吗？
B Yes, go straight ahead towards Changan Avenue and turn right.
Then it’s about 200 metres, on your right.
B 是的，沿着长安街一直走，然后右转。
大概200米，在你的右手边。
A Thanks. That sounds easy.
A 谢谢，听起来应该挺容易的。
The enlargement consists, not merely in the passive reception into the mind of a number of ideas hitherto unknown to it, but in the mind's energetic and simultaneous action upon and towards and among those new ideas.
Jonh Henry. British Newman Priest
扩增知识不仅是被动的将一堆原来不知道的观念接纳到脑子里来，而是把涌来的新观念作用于积极、活跃的脑部活动。这是一种极具创造力的行动。
英国纽曼红衣主教亨利.J
Guilt always hurries towards its complement , punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.
Lawence Durrell, British writer
犯罪总是以惩罚相补偿；只有处罚才能使犯罪得到偿还。
英国作家达雷尔L
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character.
Hosea Ballou British cducator
教育始于母亲膝下，孩童耳听一言一语，均影响其性格的形成。
英国教育家巴卢H
@@@ 当作, 以为, 持
confuse sb. with sb. 把...误当作...; 混淆
have a bias towards 对...持偏见
look on the bright side of things 对事物持乐观态度
pass down 把...传给后世, 把...当作遗产给予
read sth. into sth. 将本来没有的意思加进去解释, 自以为有某种含义
take a dim view of sth. 不赞成..., 对...持怀疑态度; 对...持悲观态度
think of ... as ... 把...看作是, 以为...是
treat ... as 把...待如; 把...看作
viewed as 被看作是
@@@ 看法, 观点, 意见
as far as 1.远到..., 直到...
2.就...而言, 从...来看; 尽...所能
as far as I'm concerned 依我看
come to terms 达成协议; 达成一致意见
for one's sake & for the sake of sb. 看在...的份上; 为了...的缘故
from one's standpoint 从...的观点来看
get across 使观点被理解, 接受
have a bias towards 对...持偏见
hold against 因某事对某人抱有意见
in one's opinion 依某人的看法
keep to oneself 不与他人交往; 不向他人透露自己的意见和想法
look down on sb./sth. 轻视, 看不起
look on the bright side of things 对事物持乐观态度
outlook on 对...的看法
point of view 观点; 见地
run into 1.偶然碰见
2.撞上
3.遭遇(危险、困难等)
speak one's mind 直抒己见
take a dim view of sth. 不赞成..., 对...持怀疑态度; 对...持悲观态度
think of ... as ... 把...看作是, 以为...是
throw (sth.) out 1.拒不接受意见、建议等
2.扔掉
3.发出
treat ... as 把...待如; 把...看作
viewed as 被看作是
up : 向上（toward or into a higher position）
lift up 举起
climb up 爬上
come up 上升
get up 起来
stand up 站起来
pick up 检起
draw up 升起
grow up 长大
hand up 拖起
put up 举起
send up 使上升
rise up 升起
look up 抬起头
zip up 拉上
hold up 举起
pile up 堆起
dig up 挖出
take up 拿起
build up 树立
set up 建立
attitude to/towards 态度，看法
- beat a hasty retreat 急忙撤退
The hoodlum was about to dully the lady when he saw a patrolman coming towards them. He beat a hasty retreat.
‘Every journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.’
Today is your first step towards Learning English.
千里之行始于足下。今天我们就将迈开英语学习之旅的第一步。
傍晚 [bàng wǎn] /in the evening/when night falls/towards evening/at night fall/at dusk/
奔 [bèn] /go to/towards/
逼 [bī] /force/compel/drive/press for/extort/press on towards/press up to/close in on/close/
逼近 [bī jìn] /press on towards/close in on/approach/draw near/
侧 [cè] /the side/to incline towards/to lean/inclined/lateral/side/
朝 [cháo] /to face/towards/facing/direct/a dynasty/the imperial court/(abbr.) Korea, esp. N. Korea/
朝向 [cháo xiàng] /toward/
朝着 [cháo zhe ] /facing/advancing (towards)/
冲 [chòng] /of great force/towards/
对 [duì] /couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/for/to/correct (answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right/
对华 [duì huá] /(policy, etc.) towards China/
对美 [duì měi] /(policy, etc.) towards America/
对日 [duì rì] /(policy, etc.) towards Japan/
赴 [fù] /go towards/go to/attend (a banquet, etc.)/to go/
就 [jiù] /at once/then/right away/only/(emphasis)/to approach/to move towards/to undertake/
面向 [miàn xiàng] /to face/to turn towards/-oriented/
偏向 [piān xiàng] /(v) biased toward/(n) bad tendency/
前往 [qián wǎng] /leave for/proceed towards/to go/
侵晨 [qīn chén] /towards dawn/
往 [wǎng] /to go (in a direction)/past/previous/towards/
往 [wàng] /toward/(of a train) bound for/
望 [wàng] /hope/expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/look towards/towards/
向 [xiàng] /direction/part/side/towards/to/guide/opposite to/
向东 [xiàng dōng] /towards the east/
兴趣 [xìng qu ] /interest (directed towards, not inherent in something)/
针对 [zhēn duì] /in connection with/directed towards/to direct at/to aim at/to point against/
走向 [zǒu xiàng] /trend/be trending towards/
As a logical consequence of this development, separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional or amateur readership.
这样发展的必然结果是出现了针对专业读者和业余读者的不同杂志。
What kept them in place?
是什么使它们处于现在的位置呢？
Why didn't they fall out of the sky?
它们为什么不落到天空之外呢？
The fact that the apple fell down toward the earth and not up into the tree answered the question he had been asking himself about those larger fruits of the heavens, the moon and the planets.
苹果向下落到地面不是向上飞到树上，这一事实回答了他长期以来一直对天空中更大果实——月球和行星所存有的疑问。
Many an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers.
许多旧式公司被责任有限公司所取代，由领薪经理构成其管理机构。
The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.
这种变革通过聘用大量专业人员来适应新时代的技术要求，并防止了效率的降低，而在过去这种低效率使得许多旧式家族企业在精力充沛的创业者之后的第二、三代手中破产倒闭。
It was moreover a step away from individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business.
而且这也是公司摆脱个体创造，走向集体化和市营、国营迈出的一步。
All through the nineteenth century, America, Africa, India, Australia and parts of Europe were being developed by British capital, and British shareholders were thus enriched by the world's movement towards industrialisation.
整个19世纪，美洲、非洲、印度、澳洲及欧洲的部分地区都靠英国的资本发展起来，而英国股东则因世界性的工业化而大发其财。
{adj: acroscopic} facing or on the side toward the apex
<-> basiscopic
{adj: adaxial, ventral} nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
"the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface"
<-> abaxial
{adj: adducent, adductive, adducting} especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
<-> abducent
{adj: advancing} moving ahead or toward the front
"advancing armies"
<-> retreating
{adj: aft} (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
<-> fore
{adj: alkalotic} marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis)
{adj: amalgamative} characterized by or tending toward amalgamation
{adj: amative, amorous} inclined toward or displaying love
"feeling amorous"
{adj: anarchistic} of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism
{adj: anterior} of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body
<-> posterior
{adj: apt, disposed, given, minded, tending} (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward
"he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"
"I am not minded to answer any questions"
{adj: askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff} turned or twisted toward one side
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
{adj: authoritarian, dictatorial, overbearing} expecting unquestioning obedience
"he was imperious and dictatorial"
"the timid child of authoritarian parents"
"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
{adj: backward} directed or facing toward the back or rear
"a backward view"
<-> forward
{adj: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck} very small
"diminutive in stature"
"a lilliputian chest of drawers"
"her petite figure"
"tiny feet"
"the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
{adj: barreled, barrelled} (of an arrow) tapered toward both ends
{adj: basiscopic} facing or on the side toward the base
<-> acroscopic
{adj: benighted, nighted} overtaken by night or darkness
"benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
{adj: big, large, magnanimous} generous and understanding and tolerant
"a heart big enough to hold no grudges"
"that's very big of you to be so forgiving"
"a large and generous spirit"
"a large heart"
"magnanimous toward his enemies"
{adj: bigoted} blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others
"a bigoted person"
"an outrageously bigoted point of view"
{adj: blasphemous, profane, sacrilegious} grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
"blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"
"profane utterances against the Church"
"it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
{adj: boreal} toward or located in the north
"the boreal signs of the Zodiac"
{adj: broadside} toward a full side
"a broadside attack"
{adj: buccal} of or relating to or toward the cheek
{adj: buccal} toward the inside of the cheek
"the buccal aspect of the gum"
{adj: cacuminal, retroflex} pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
{adj: caudal} situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises
"caudal fins"
"the caudal end of the body"
{adj: centralized, centralised} drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
"centralized control of emergency relief efforts"
"centralized government"
<-> decentralized
{adj: centripetal, receptive, sensory} of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"sensory neurons"
{adj: centripetal} tending to move toward a center
"centripetal force"
<-> centrifugal
{adj: cloudy, nebulose, nebulous} lacking definite form or limits
"gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore
"nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
{adj: collusive, conniving} acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
{adj: corticoafferent, corticipetal} of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex
{adj: cuneate, wedge-shaped} of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
{adj: directional} relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal
"he tried to explain the directional trends of modern science"
{adj: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious} discontented as toward authority
{adj: disrespectful} exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous
"remarks disrespectful of the law"
"disrespectful in the presence of his parents"
"disrespectful toward his teacher"
<-> respectful
{adj: do-nothing} characterized by inability or unwillingness to work toward a goal or assume responsibility
"a do-nothing government"
{adj: downfield} toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
"he threw to a downfield receiver"
{adj: downward} on or toward a surface regarded as a base
"he lay face downward"
"the downward pull of gravity"
{adj: downwind, lee} towards the side away from the wind
{adj: eastbound, eastward} moving toward the east
"eastbound trains"
{adj: easterly, eastern} lying in or toward the east
"the east side of New York"
"eastern cities"
{adj: eastern} lying toward or situated in the east
"the eastern end of the island"
{adj: east} situated in or facing or moving toward the east
<-> west
{adj: effective, effectual, efficacious} producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
"an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford
"effective teaching methods"
"effective steps toward peace"
"made an effective entrance"
"his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"
"an efficacious law"
<-> ineffective
{adj: fore} situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
<-> aft
{adj: forward, onward} moving toward a position ahead
"forward motion"
"the onward course of events"
{adj: forward} at or near or directed toward the front
"the forward section of the aircraft"
"a forward plunge down the stairs"
"forward motion"
<-> backward
{adj: fundamentalist, fundamentalistic} of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism
{adj: future} effective in or looking toward the future
"he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
{adj: hard} (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
"Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
<-> soft
{adj: heavenward, skyward} directed toward heaven or the sky
"the soul in its heavenward flight"
{adj: homeward, homeward-bound} oriented toward home
"in a homeward direction"
"homeward-bound commuters"
{adj: homicidal, murderous} characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
"a homicidal rage"
"murderous thugs"
{adj: impious, undutiful} lacking due respect or dutifulness
"impious toward one's parents"
"an undutiful son"
{adj: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden} serving to set in motion
"the magazine's inaugural issue"
"the initiative phase in the negotiations"
"an initiatory step toward a treaty"
"his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"
"the liner's maiden voyage"
{adj: inbound, inward} directed or moving inward or toward a center
"the inbound train"
"inward flood of capital"
{adj: initial} occurring at the beginning
"took the initial step toward reconciliation"
{adj: inshore, onshore, seaward} (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land
"an inshore breeze"
"an onshore gale"
"seaward winds"
<-> offshore
{adj: insular, parochial} narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
"little sympathy with parochial mentality"
"insular attitudes toward foreigners"
{adj: interior} inside and toward a center
"interior regions of the earth"
{adj: inward-developing} toward an axis, as in a sunflower; the oldest flowers are near the edge, the youngest in the center
{adj: inward-moving} moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve
{adj: irenic} conducive to peace
"irenic without being namby-pamby"
"an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
{adj: irreversible} incapable of being reversed
"irreversible momentum toward revolution"
<-> reversible
{adj: late, later} at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
"the late phase of feudalism"
"a later symptom of the disease"
"later medical science could have saved the child"
<-> early
{adj: left-hand} located on or directed toward the left
"a car with left-hand drive"
{adj: leftish} tending toward the political left
{adj: left} being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
"my left hand"
"left center field"
"the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"
<-> right
{adj: malevolent} wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
"a gossipy malevolent old woman"
"failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful"
{adj: median, medial} relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
{adj: mediatory} of or related to or directed toward mediation
{adj: medieval, mediaeval, gothic} as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
"a medieval attitude toward dating"
{adj: mesial} being in or directed toward the midline or mesial plane of the body
<-> distal
{adj: minded} (used in combination) mentally oriented toward something specified
"civic-minded"
"career-minded"
{adj: neuromotor} relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors
"neuromotor impulses"
{adj: noble} inert especially toward oxygen
"a noble gas such as helium or neon"
"noble metals include gold and silver and platinum"
{adj: northbound, northward} moving toward the north
"the northbound lane"
"we took the north train"
"the northward flow of traffic"
{adj: northeastern, northeasterly, northeast} situated in or oriented toward the northeast
"the northeasterly part of the island"
{adj: northeastward} toward the northeast
{adj: northerly, northern} situated in or oriented toward the north
"the northern suburbs"
"going in a northerly direction"
{adj: northwestern, northwesterly, northwest} situated in or oriented toward the northwest
{adj: northwestward} toward the northwest
{adj: north} situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
"artists like north light"
"the north portico"
<-> south
{adj: oncoming} moving toward one
{adj: organicistic} relating to or tending toward organicism
{adj: oriented, orientated} adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination
"the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"
"helping freshmen become oriented to college life"
"the book is value-oriented throughout"
<-> unoriented
{adj: outer} being on or toward the outside of the body
"the outer ear"
{adj: outside} on or toward an outer edge
"an outer lane"
"the outside lane"
{adj: particularized, particularised} directed toward a specific object
"particularized thinking as distinct from stereotyped sloganeering"
{adj: philosophical, philosophic} characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
"philosophical resignation"
"a philosophic attitude toward life"
{adj: posterior} at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
<-> anterior
{adj: pulled} drawn toward the source of the force
"this exercise must be done with the arms pulled back"
{adj: rear, rearward} located in or toward the back or rear
"the chair's rear legs"
"the rear door of the plane"
"on the rearward side"
{adj: rearward, reverse} directed or moving toward the rear
"a rearward glance"
"a rearward movement"
{adj: receding, retiring} moving toward a position farther from the front
"the receding glaciers of the last ice age"
"retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline"
{adj: retral} at or near or toward the posterior
{adj: right-hand} located on or directed toward the right
"a right-hand turn"
{adj: right-minded} disposed toward or having views based on what is right
"respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have"- Bertrand Russell
{adj: rightish} tending toward the political right
{adj: right} being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
"my right hand"
"right center field"
"a right-hand turn"
"the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream"
<-> left
{adj: runcinate} having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves
{adj: seaward} directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast
"from the hill he took a seaward course"
"on the seaward side of the road"
{adj: serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched} notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
{adj: sexist} discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women)
{adj: soft} (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
<-> hard
{adj: southbound, southward} moving toward the south
"a southbound train"
{adj: southeast, southeastern, southeasterly} situated in or oriented toward the southeast
{adj: southeastward} toward the southeast
{adj: southerly, southern} situated in or oriented toward the south
"a southern exposure"
"took a southerly course"
{adj: southwest, southwestern, southwesterly} situated in or oriented toward the southwest
{adj: southwestward} toward the southwest
{adj: south} situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
"the south entrance"
<-> north
{adj: sympathetic} expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
"sympathetic to the students' cause"
"a sympathetic observer"
"a sympathetic gesture"
<-> unsympathetic
{adj: synclinal} sloping downward toward each other to create a trough
<-> anticlinal
{adj: tapering, tapered} gradually narrowed toward a point
"a tall tapering spire"
{adj: target-hunting} guided automatically toward the target
{adj: unbitter} having or showing no resentment or desire for revenge
"remarkably unbitter toward her captors"
{adj: unitary} relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity
"the unitary principles of nationalism"
"a unitary movement in politics"
{adj: universalistic, universalist} of or relating to or tending toward universalism
{adj: unsympathetic} not sympathetic or disposed toward
"unsympathetic officialdom"
"people unsympathetic to the revolution"
"his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"
<-> sympathetic
{adj: unwilling} not disposed or inclined toward
"an unwilling assistant"
<-> willing
{adj: up, upward} extending or moving toward a higher place
"the up staircase"
"a general upward movement of fish"
{adj: upwind, weather} towards the side exposed to wind
{adj: urceolate} urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth
{adj: ventral} toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
"the ventral aspect of the human body"
"the liver is somewhat ventral in position"
"ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped"
<-> dorsal
{adj: waxen, waxlike, waxy} having the paleness of wax
"the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker
"the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"
"a thin face with a waxy paleness"
{adj: westbound, westerly, westward} moving toward the west
"westbound pioneers"
{adj: westerly, western} lying in or toward the west
{adj: western} lying toward or situated in the west
"our company's western office"
{adj: west} situated in or facing or moving toward the west
<-> east
{adj: whitish, off-white} of something having a color tending toward white
{adj: willing} disposed or inclined toward
"a willing participant"
"willing helpers"
<-> unwilling
{adv: abusively} in an abusive manner
"he behaved abusively toward his children"
{adv: aft, abaft, astern} at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
"stow the luggage aft"
"ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"
"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
<-> fore
{adv: ahead, forward} toward the future; forward in time
"I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"
"I look forward to seeing you"
<-> back, backward
{adv: ahead} to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
"moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"
"pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"
{adv: alee} on or toward the lee
"put the helm alee"
{adv: amidships, amidship, midships} at or near or toward the center of a ship
"in the late 19th century, engines were placed in front, amidships, and at the rear"
{adv: amidship} at or near or toward the middle
{adv: antagonistically} in an antagonistic manner
"he behaves antagonistically toward his colleagues"
{adv: artfully} in an artful manner
"her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes"
{adv: ashore, on land, toward land, onto land} towards the shore from the water
"we invited them ashore"
{adv: asymptotically} toward an asymptote
"it grew asymptotically"
{adv: at home} at, to, or toward the place where you reside
"he worked at home"
{adv: axially} with respect to an axis
"the jet was directed axially toward the cathode"
{adv: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards} at or to or toward the back or rear
"he moved back"
"tripped when he stepped backward"
"she looked rearward out the window of the car"
<-> forward
{adv: back, backward} in or to or toward a past time
"set the clocks back an hour"
"never look back"
"lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
<-> ahead, forward
{adv: back} in or to or toward a former location
"she went back to her parents' house"
{adv: back} in or to or toward an original condition
"he went back to sleep"
{adv: beastly} in a beastly manner
"she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"
{adv: behind} in or to or toward the rear
"he followed behind"
"seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"
"the final runners were far behind"
{adv: caudally, caudal} toward the posterior end of the body
{adv: centrally} in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function
"The theater is centrally located"
<-> peripherally
{adv: dictatorially, autocratically, magisterially} in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
"this manager acts dictatorially toward his colleagues"
{adv: downfield} toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
"he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards"
{adv: downhill} toward a lower or inferior state
"your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"
{adv: downhill} toward the bottom of a hill
"running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"
{adv: downstage} at or toward the front of the stage
"the actors moved further and further downstage"
<-> upstage
{adv: downtown} toward or in the lower or central part of town
<-> uptown
{adv: eastward, eastwards} toward the east
"they migrated eastward to Sweden"
{adv: east} to, toward, or in the east
"we travelled east for several miles"
"located east of Rome"
{adv: edgeways, edgewise} with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
"he sawed the board edgeways"
"held it edgewise"
{adv: endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly, continuously} with unflagging resolve
"dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste"
{adv: endways, endwise, end on} with the end forward or toward the observer
"houses built endways"
{adv: endways, endwise} in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise
"endways pressure"
{adv: fore, forward} near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
<-> aft
{adv: forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard} at or to or toward the front
"he faced forward"
"step forward"
"she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
<-> backward
{adv: frontally} in, at, or toward the front
{adv: gradually, bit by bit, step by step} in a gradual manner
"the snake moved gradually toward its victim"
{adv: gravely, soberly, staidly} in a grave and sober manner
"he walked soberly toward the altar"
{adv: head over heels, heels over head, topsy-turvy, topsy-turvily, in great confusion} in disorderly haste
"we ran head over heels toward the shelter"
{adv: heartlessly} in a heartless manner
"she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers"
{adv: heavenward, heavenwards, heavenwardly} toward heaven
"he pointed heavenward"
{adv: here, hither} to this place (especially toward the speaker)
"come here, please"
<-> there
{adv: high-handedly} in a domineering high-handed manner
"he behaved high-handedly toward his employees"
{adv: high} far up toward the source
"he lives high up the river"
{adv: homeward, homewards} toward home
"fought his way homeward through the deep snow"
{adv: in, inwards, inward} to or toward the inside of
"come in"
"smash in the door"
{adv: inescapably, ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably} by necessity
"the situation slid inescapably toward disaster "
{adv: ingratiatingly} in a flattering and ingratiating manner
"she behaves ingratiatingly toward her boss"
{adv: inland} towards or into the interior of a region
"the town is five miles inland"
{adv: inshore} toward the shore
"we swam two miles inshore"
{adv: insultingly} in a disrespectful and insulting manner
"he behaves insultingly toward his parents"
{adv: inward, inwards} toward the center or interior
"move the needle further inwards!"
<-> outward
{adv: landward, landwards} toward land
"landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands"
{adv: leeward, upwind} toward the wind
"they were sailing leeward"
<-> downwind, windward
{adv: left} toward or on the left; also used figuratively
"he looked right and left"
"the political party has moved left"
<-> right
{adv: north-northeast, nor'-nor'-east} to, toward, or in the north-northeast
{adv: north-northwest, nor'-nor'-west} to, toward, or in the north-northwest
{adv: northeast, north-east, nor'-east} to, toward, or in the northeast
{adv: northwest, north-west, nor'-west} to, toward, or in the northwest
{adv: obsequiously, subserviently, servilely} in an obsequious manner
"she acts obsequiously toward her boss"
{adv: onshore} on or toward the land
"they were living onshore"
<-> offshore
{adv: orad} toward the mouth or oral region
<-> aborad
{adv: outward, outwards} toward the outside
"move the needle further outward!"
<-> inward
{adv: paternally} in a paternal manner
"he behaves very paternally toward his young bride"
{adv: right} toward or on the right; also used figuratively
"he looked right and left"
"the party has moved right"
<-> left
{adv: seaward, seawards, asea, toward the sea} in the direction of the sea
"the sailor looked seaward"
{adv: sidelong, sideways, obliquely} to, toward or at one side
"darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
{adv: sidelong} with the side toward someone or something
"seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
{adv: sideward, sidewards} toward one side
"turn the figure sideward"
{adv: sideways, sideway, sidewise} toward one side
"the car slipped sideways into the ditch"
"leaning sideways"
"a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
{adv: skyward, skywards} toward the sky
"look skywards!"
{adv: south-southeast, sou'-sou'-east} to, toward, or in the south southeast
{adv: south-southwest, sou'-sou'-west} to, toward, or in the south southwest
{adv: southeast, south-east, sou'-east} to, toward, or in the southeast
{adv: southerly} toward the south
"the ship turned southerly"
{adv: southward, southwards} toward the south
{adv: southwest, south-west, sou'west} to, toward, or in the southwest
{adv: spaceward, spacewards} towards outer space
{adv: there, thither} to or toward that place; away from the speaker
"go there around noon!"
<-> here
{adv: tolerantly} in a tolerant manner
"he reacts rather tolerantly toward his son's juvenile behavior"
<-> intolerantly
{adv: unsteadily, falteringly, uncertainly} in an unsteady manner
"he walked unsteadily toward the exit"
"The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs"
<-> steadily
{adv: upriver, upstream} toward the source or against the current
<-> downriver, downstream
{adv: upstage} at or toward the rear of the stage
"the dancers were directed to move upstage"
<-> downstage
{adv: upstate} in or toward the northern parts of a state
"he lives upstate New York"
{adv: uptown} toward or in the upper part of town
<-> downtown
{adv: westerly} toward the west
"we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
{adv: westward, westwards} toward the west
"they traveled westward toward the setting sun"
{adv: west} to, toward, or in the west
"we moved west to Arizona"
"situated west of Boston"
{n: Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Peninsula} a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
{n: Boletus pulverulentus} an edible fungus with a broadly convex blackish brown cap and a pore surface that is yellow when young and darkens with age; stalk is thick and enlarges toward the base
{n: Chamberlain, Neville Chamberlain, Arthur Neville Chamberlain} British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
{n: Clitocybe clavipes} an agaric with a flat cap that is greyish or yellowish brown with pallid gills and a stalk that bulges toward the base
{n: Doppler effect, Doppler shift} change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
{n: Hygrophorus borealis} a fungus with a white convex cap and arcuate white gills and a stalk that tapers toward the base
{n: Leccinum fibrillosum} an edible fungus with a dark reddish brown cap and a wide light tan stalk that expands toward the base
{n: Lycoperdon, genus Lycoperdon} genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
{n: Maltese cross} a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center
{n: North, northland, Septentrion} any region lying in or toward the north
{n: Oort cloud} (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun
{n: Polaris, North Star, pole star, polar star, polestar} the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the little dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
{n: Promised Land} the goal towards which Christians strive
{n: Santa Ana} a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
{n: South, southland} any region lying in or toward the south
{n: abattis, abatis} line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy
{n: adduction} (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
{n: adductor, adductor muscle} a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line
{n: al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa} a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
"al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s"
{n: al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group} a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails
"al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule"
{n: aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitude} a disposition toward being alone
{n: anaphase} the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
{n: anger, choler, ire} a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
{n: anteriority} the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
<-> posteriority
{n: apex, solar apex, apex of the sun's way} the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
<-> antapex
{n: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness} overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
{n: attractor, attracter} (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system
{n: auction, auction bridge} a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge
{n: backflow, backflowing} a flow that returns toward its source
{n: basketball shot} throwing the basketball toward the hoop
"his shot hit the rim and bounced out"
{n: bearberry willow, Salix uva-ursi} dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base
{n: beatification} (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
{n: black mallee, black sally, black gum, Eucalytus stellulata} a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
{n: bleeding heart} someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
{n: bow, fore, prow, stem} front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
{n: bowling alley, alley, skittle alley} a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
{n: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort} a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"
"they worked in the cause of world peace"
"the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"
"the movement to end slavery"
"contributed to the war effort"
{n: centripetal acceleration} the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit
{n: charge} a impetuous rush toward someone or something
"the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"
"the battle began with a cavalry charge"
{n: charity, brotherly love} a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
{n: chivalry, gallantry, politesse} courtesy towards women
{n: cityscape} a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area
"the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty"
{n: class feeling} feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another
{n: clemency, mercifulness, mercy} leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
"he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
{n: collaborator, cooperator, partner, pardner} an associate who works with others toward a common goal
"the musician and the librettist were collaborators"
{n: contract, contract bridge} a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
{n: cross-eye, crossed eye, convergent strabismus, esotropia} strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
{n: curling} a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
{n: dealignment} a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties
{n: decline, diminution} change toward something smaller or lower
{n: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment} (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
{n: dendrite} short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
{n: dextrocardia} abnormal condition where the heart is located toward the right side of the chest
{n: diphthong} a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
{n: directness, straightness} trueness of course toward a goal
"rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
<-> indirectness
{n: disinclination} that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike
"his disinclination for modesty is well known"
<-> inclination
{n: dive bomber} a bomber that releases its bombs during a steep dive toward the target
{n: dive-bombing} a bombing run in which the bomber release the bomb while flying straight toward the target
{n: domestic violence} violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women
{n: draw, draw play} (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
{n: ego ideal} (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
{n: family history} part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
{n: flare pass, flare} a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
"he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"
{n: follow-through} the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
"his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target"
"squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through"
{n: fountainhead, headspring, head} the source of water from which a stream arises
"they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
{n: give-and-go} a basketball maneuver; one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass
{n: goal} game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points
{n: going, sledding} advancing toward a goal
"persuading him was easy going"
"the proposal faces tough sledding"
{n: gravitation} a figurative movement toward some attraction
"the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
{n: harmattan} a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter
{n: heat-seeking missile} a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
{n: homing device} the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective
{n: inclination} that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
"her inclination is for classical music"
<-> disinclination
{n: indirectness} having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
<-> directness
{n: individual retirement account, IRA} a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred
{n: jet propulsion} propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear
{n: lacrosse} a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
{n: large-leaved magnolia, large-leaved cucumber tree, great-leaved macrophylla, Magnolia macrophylla} large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base
{n: leaning, propensity, tendency} an inclination to do something
"he felt leanings toward frivolity"
{n: left} a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east
"take a left at the corner"
{n: left} location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
"she stood on the left"
<-> right
{n: limit, limit point, point of accumulation} the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
{n: look, looking, looking at} the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
"he went out to have a look"
"his look was fixed on her eyes"
"he gave it a good looking at"
"his camera does his looking for him"
{n: maternalism} motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children
{n: measure, step} any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
"the situation called for strong measures"
"the police took steps to reduce crime"
{n: mercy} alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed
"distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy"
{n: mihrab} (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca
{n: moralization, moralisation} the act of making moral (or more moral)
"for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature"
{n: motivation, motive, need} the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
"we did not understand his motivation"
"he acted with the best of motives"
{n: motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent} a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands
{n: negative magnetic pole, negative pole, south-seeking pole} the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely
{n: no-goal} a nonexistent goal
"he lived without a reason progressing toward no-goal"
{n: obelisk} a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
{n: opisthotonos} severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
{n: outreach} the act of reaching out
"the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"
{n: outstroke} the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft
{n: outwardness, externality} the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior
"the outwardness of the world"
<-> inwardness
{n: pavage} a tax toward paving streets
{n: pepper tree, Kirkia wilmsii} small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs
{n: point of view, viewpoint, stand, standpoint} a mental position from which things are viewed
"we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"
"teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
{n: positive chemotaxis} movement toward a chemical stimulus
{n: positive pole, positive magnetic pole, north-seeking pole} the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely
{n: posteriority} the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
<-> anteriority
{n: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion} the act of moving forward toward a goal
{n: progressiveness, progressivity} advancement toward better conditions or policies or methods
{n: progressivism} the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
{n: promenade, prom} a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year
{n: prompt box, prompter's box} a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage
{n: pull, pulling} the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
"the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"
"his strenuous pulling strained his back"
{n: puller} someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
{n: push} an effort to advance
"the army made a push toward the sea"
{n: qibla} the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers
{n: racism, racialism, racial discrimination} discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
{n: radial velocity} velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer
{n: rear, backside, back end} the side of an object that is opposite its front
"his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
<-> front
{n: rearward} direction toward the rear
"his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
{n: red shift, redshift} (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum); generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding
{n: regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression} the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
{n: religious orientation} an attitude toward religion or religious practices
{n: rhomboid minor muscle, lesser rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus minor} rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward
{n: rhomboideus major muscle, greater rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus major} rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column
{n: rib, costa} any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
{n: right} a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
"take a right at the corner"
{n: right} location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
"he stood on the right"
<-> left
{n: roller, roll, rolling wave} a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
{n: runcinate leaf} a leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base; as a dandelion leaf
{n: salat, salaat, salah, salaah} the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca
{n: screwball} a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
{n: seaward} the direction toward the sea
{n: seeker} a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
{n: sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent} a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
{n: separatism} a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists
"separatism is a serious problem in Quebec"
"demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education"
{n: serrate leaf} a leaf having a margin notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
{n: sexism} discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
{n: sexual harassment} unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee
{n: shovel board, shove-halfpenny, shove-ha'penny} a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
{n: steps} the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
"I followed in his steps"
"he retraced his steps"
"his steps turned toward home"
{n: sticking point} a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal
{n: sun spurge, wartweed, wartwort, devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia} not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
{n: surfing, surfboarding, surfriding} the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
{n: synizesis, synezesis} the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis
{n: taper} a convex shape that narrows toward a point
{n: taper} the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
{n: taxis} a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
{n: telophase} the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
{n: tendency, inclination} a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
"the alkaline inclination of the local waters"
"fabric with a tendency to shrink"
{n: tension} (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body
"the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"
{n: tilt} a slight but noticeable partiality
"the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
{n: to windward, windward side, weatherboard, weather side} the side toward the wind
{n: toehold} a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
"American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"
"his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"
{n: tornado, twister} a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
{n: transference} (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
{n: uterine contraction} a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal
{n: vein, vena, venous blood vessel} a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
"all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
{n: wing tip} a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe
{n: work} activity directed toward making or doing something
"she checked several points needing further work"
{n: zero-tolerance policy} any policy that allows no exception
"a zero-tolerance policy toward pedophile priests"
{v: abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout} use foul or abusive language towards
"The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"
"The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
{v: acknowledge, recognize, recognise} express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
"We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us"
{v: address} address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
{v: adduct} draw a limb towards the body
"adduct the thigh muscle"
<-> abduct
{v: aim} direct (a remark) toward an intended goal
"She wanted to aim a pun"
{v: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near} move towards
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