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waterward

UK/ˈwɔːtəwəd/

waterward adverb: towards the water.

Adverb

waterward (not comparable)

  1. Towards the water.
    • meandering waterward
    • There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme down-town is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Adjective

waterward (not comparable)

  1. Towards the water.
    • on the waterward side

Examples of waterward in a sentence

  • Right and left, the streets take you waterward.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
  • I now by instinct followed the streets that took me waterward, for there, doubtless, were the cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard...

Antonyms of waterward

Origin of waterward

From water + -ward.

Questions about waterward

What does waterward mean?
Waterward means towards the water.
How do you use waterward in a sentence?
Right and left, the streets take you waterward.
What part of speech is waterward?
Waterward can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce waterward?
Waterward is pronounced /ˈwɔːtəwəd/ (UK).

Words near waterward in the dictionary

  1. Waterview
  2. Waterview Heights
  3. Waterville
  4. waterwall
  5. waterwalls
  6. waterward
  7. waterwards
  8. waterway
  9. waterways
  10. waterweed
  11. waterweeds

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