Definition of towards

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Towards (prep.) Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.

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Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..
Dextrally :: Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally..
Sky :: Sky (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket..
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..
Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..
Affection :: Affection (n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children..
Adduction :: Adduction (n.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to abduction.
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..
Thermotropism :: Thermotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants..
God-fearing :: God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.
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..
Vanward :: Vanward (a.) Being on, or towards, the van, or front..
Down :: Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound..
Appulse :: Appulse (n.) A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against..
Afflux :: Afflux (n.) A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head..
Direct :: Direct (v. t.) To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance..
Until :: Until (prep.) To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
Levogyrate :: Levogyrate (a.) Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Altarwise :: Altarwise (adv.) In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south..
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