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Definitions of 'West' Wordnet 

1. (noun) West, Occident
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

2. (noun) west, due west, westward, W
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

3. (noun) West, western United States
the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

4. (noun) west
the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point

5. (noun) West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)

6. (noun) West, Mae West
United States film actress (1892-1980)

7. (noun) West, Benjamin West
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)

8. (adj) west
a location in the western part of a country, region, or city

9. (adverb) west
situated in or facing or moving toward the west

10. (adverb) west
to, toward, or in the west
"we moved west to Arizona"; "situated west of Boston"


Definitions of 'West' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) West
lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west

2. (adverb) West
westward

3. (noun) West
the point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east

4. (noun) West
a country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west

5. (noun) West
the Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident

6. (noun) West
formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article

7. (verb) West
to pass to the west; to set, as the sun

8. (verb) West
to turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west


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