Shoreward: alternatives and connections

Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand.

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…

Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as…

In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux.

Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; /ntending to go to.

To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.

The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestri…

Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things…

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a ro…

A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.