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Meaning of seaward

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  seaward
      adv 1: in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"
             [syn: {seaward}, {seawards}, {asea}]
      adj 1: (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn:
             {offshore}, {seaward}] [ant: {inshore}, {onshore},
             {seaward}, {shoreward}]
      2: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore
         breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds"
         [syn: {inshore}, {onshore}, {seaward}, {shoreward}] [ant:
         {offshore}, {seaward}]
      3: directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the
         sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on
         the seaward side of the road"
      n 1: the direction toward the sea

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