seaward

Examples

• All

• Pointing her ski pole seaward, she began to jump up and down.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Instead, he turned off and took a roundabout way seaward, following the narrow beach in the shadow of high cliffs.

  Fiction book (1995)

• 14. No houses could be built seaward of those lines.

  Academic text (1998)

• Then it turned again and headed seaward once more.

  Fiction book (2001)

• We were following the direction of the stream, which meant we were probably headed seaward.

  Fiction book (2001)

• They'll want to move seaward, yet find a spot that gives a line of sight on the satellite.

  G.I. Jane (1997)

• The study area is about 5 km northwest of Yule Island and open seaward to the west.

  Academic text (1995)

• "Stay afloat," Cosima said and paddled seaward on a line for the platform farther out.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Their meadow dropped seaward in a broad slide, ending at the sandy cliff that fronted the ocean all the way to Provincetown.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The children ran seaward, excited to splash in the waves.

Synonyms

S

seawards

vsseaward

4.2

Toward the sea

is identical in meaning but is a different word form

A

asea

vsseaward

• Archaic

9.9

Toward or out on the sea

focuses only on movement toward the sea, not being at sea

Antonyms

I

inland

49 2.7

Toward the middle of a country away from the coast

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology