Definitions for homeward
ˈhoʊm wərdhome·ward

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homeward, homeward-boundadverb

   oriented toward home

   "in a homeward direction"; "homeward-bound commuters"

2. homeward, homewardsadverb

   toward home

   "fought his way homeward through the deep snow"

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1. homewardadverb

   towards home

2. homewardadjective

   oriented towards home

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homeward, Homewardsadverb

   Towards home; towards the native place; towards the place of residence.

   Etymology: ham and weard, Saxon.

   Then Urania homeward did arise,
   Leaving in pain their well-fed hungry eyes. Philip Sidney.

   My affairs
   Do even drag me homeward. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Since such love’s natural station is, may still
   My love descend, and journey down the hill,
   Not panting after growing beauties; so
   I shall ebb on with them who homeward go. John Donne.

   Look homeward, angel now, and melt with ruth;
   And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth! John Milton.

   Like a long team of snowy swans on high,
   Which clap their wings, and cleave the liquid sky,
   Which homeward from their wat’ry pastures born,
   They sing, and Asia’s lakes their notes return. John Dryden, Æn.

   What now remains,
   But that once more we tempt the wat’ry plains,
   And, wand’ring homewards, seek our safety hence. Dryden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homewardadjective

   being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way

2. Homewardadverb

   alt. of Homewards

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1. Homeward

   "Homeward" is the 165th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The 13th episode of the seventh season. In this episode, Lt. Worf, the Klingon Chief of Security of the Federation Starfleet Starship USS Enterprise must work with his human adoptive brother Nikolai Rozhenko, a Federation anthropologist to save a small segment of natives from a primitive alien culture on a dying planet.

How to pronounce homeward?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of homeward in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of homeward in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of homeward in a Sentence

1. Herman Melville:

   Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.

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