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outwards |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Outwards \Out"wards\, adv See {Outward}, adv 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: outwards adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn: {outward}] [ant: {inward}]
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