HOMEWARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homeward mean? 

• HOMEWARD (adjective)
  The adjective HOMEWARD has 1 sense:

1. oriented toward home

  Familiarity information: HOMEWARD used as an adjective is very rare.

• HOMEWARD (adverb)
  The adverb HOMEWARD has 1 sense:

1. toward home

  Familiarity information: HOMEWARD used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEWARD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oriented toward home

Synonyms:

homeward; homeward-bound

Context example:

homeward-bound commuters

Similar:

orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)

• HOMEWARD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toward home

Synonyms:

homeward; homewards

Context example:

fought his way homeward through the deep snow

 Context examples 

If her face was turned homeward, he had merely strolled down to see the river, and was just returning, unless they were tired of his frequent calls.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Twilight was falling as Martin left the fruit store and turned homeward, his marketing on his arm.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I went down to the Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Certainly, if the lad had gone homeward, he must have passed this, and he could not pass it without leaving his traces.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And the lawyer set out homeward with a very heavy heart.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

So thinking, and in famous spirits, I began to set my face homeward for the block house and my companions.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

We entered the wood, and wended homeward.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Have my horse ready, Alleyne; for, by St. Paul! come what may, I must be upon the homeward road ere mid-day.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Looking at my watch, I saw that it was half-past two o'clock, and high time, therefore, that I started upon my homeward journey.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel; more fortunate than I, who may not see my native land, perhaps, for many years.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)