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outward |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outward \Out"ward\, n. External form exterior. [R.] So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv [AS. ?teweard. See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.] From the interior part in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out to the outside; beyond; off away as a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir I. Newton. {Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to {homeward bound}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outward \Out"ward\, a. 1. Forming the superficial part external; exterior; -- opposed to {inward}; as an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day --Cor. iv 16. 2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.'' --Chaucer. An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak. 3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as an outward war. [Obs.] --Hayward. 4. Tending to the exterior or outside. The fire will force its outward way --Dryden. -- {Out"ward*ly}, adv -- {Out"ward*ness}, n. {Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: outward adj 1: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections" [ant: {inward}] 2: that is going out or leaving "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: {departing(a)}, {outbound}, {outward-bound}] adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn: {outwards}] [ant: {inward}]
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