Definition of towards

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

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Bistoury :: Bistoury (n.) A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface..
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it..
Sky :: Sky (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket..
Tend :: Tend (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one; as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar..
Towards :: Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.
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..
Favor :: Favor (n.) To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards..
Leaning :: Leaning (n.) The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism..
God-fearing :: God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.
Agains :: Agains (prep.) Against; also, towards (in order to meet)..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge..
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..
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..
Towards :: Towards (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
Over :: Over (adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart..
Thermotropism :: Thermotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants..
Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.
Hydrotropism :: Hydrotropism (n.) A tendency towards moisture.
Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division..
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