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Princeton's WordNet

  1. homeward, homewardsadverb

    toward home

    "fought his way homeward through the deep snow"

Wiktionary

  1. homewardsadjective

    Of or pertaining to leading toward home.

    At the end of the day we gratefully set of in a homewards direction.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. homewards

    Homewards is an adverb that means traveling or moving in the direction back towards one's home. It signifies the direction or progression towards one's place of residence or origin.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Homewardsadverb

    toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country

  2. Etymology: [AS. hmweard.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of homewards in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of homewards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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