Definition of towards

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Towards (prep.) In the direction of; to.

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Deal :: Deal (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
Shoveler :: Shoveler (n.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species..
Inshore :: Inshore (a.) Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents..
Aft :: Aft (adv. & a.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..
Hydrotropism :: Hydrotropism (n.) A tendency towards moisture.
Dextrally :: Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally..
Towards :: Towards (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning..
Thermotropism :: Thermotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants..
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off..
Curling :: Curling (n.) A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
Gardant :: Gardant (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast..
Vortex :: Vortex (n.) A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy..
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor..
Levorotatory :: Levorotatory (a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc..
Bar :: Bar (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole..
Aura :: Aura (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics..
Up :: Up (prep.) From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson..
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target..
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