Definition of towards

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Towards (prep. & adv.) See Toward.

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Aport :: Aport (adv.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
Centrality :: Centrality (n.) The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..
Towards :: Towards (prep.) With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning..
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..
Edgewise :: Edgewise (adv.) With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
Dexter :: Dexter (a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side..
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..
Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..
Dextrally :: Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Towards :: Towards (prep.) Near; about; approaching to.
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..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..
View :: View (n.) That which is looked towards, or kept in sight, as object, aim, intention, purpose, design; as, he did it with a view of escaping..
Anywhither :: Anywhither (adv.) To or towards any place.
Gardant :: Gardant (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast..
Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) A tendency towards another body or point.
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..
#NAME? :: -s () An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s..
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