Definitions for homewards
home·wards

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. homeward, homewardsadverb

   toward home

   "fought his way homeward through the deep snow"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homewardsadjective

   Of or pertaining to leading toward home.

   At the end of the day we gratefully set of in a homewards direction.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homeward, Homewardsadverb

   Towards home; towards the native place; towards the place of residence.

   Etymology: ham and weard, Saxon.

   Then Urania homeward did arise,
   Leaving in pain their well-fed hungry eyes. Philip Sidney.

   My affairs
   Do even drag me homeward. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Since such love’s natural station is, may still
   My love descend, and journey down the hill,
   Not panting after growing beauties; so
   I shall ebb on with them who homeward go. John Donne.

   Look homeward, angel now, and melt with ruth;
   And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth! John Milton.

   Like a long team of snowy swans on high,
   Which clap their wings, and cleave the liquid sky,
   Which homeward from their wat’ry pastures born,
   They sing, and Asia’s lakes their notes return. John Dryden, Æn.

   What now remains,
   But that once more we tempt the wat’ry plains,
   And, wand’ring homewards, seek our safety hence. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homewards

   Homewards is an adverb that means traveling or moving in the direction back towards one's home. It signifies the direction or progression towards one's place of residence or origin.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homewardsadverb

   toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country

2. Etymology: [AS. hmweard.]

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How to pronounce homewards?

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How to say homewards in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of homewards in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of homewards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=homewards
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Homewards
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=homewards
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homewards
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=homewards