Dictionary Definition
seaward adj
1 (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land;
"an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "seaward winds" [syn:
inshore, onshore] [ant: offshore]
2 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" adv : in the direction
of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" [syn: seawards, asea, toward the
sea]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- In the direction of the sea.
- Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.
Extensive Definition
Based in Peterlee, County
Durham Seaward manufactures electronic test equipment for the
electric, medical and test industry. The company also has sites on
the south coast of England, Croydon in Surrey and a
distribution office in the United
States. Seaward distributes all over the world under the
product names :- Seaward, Rigel, Cropico, Clare and Clare USA, as
well as building test instruments for other companies who sell them
under their own name. The company is involved with the testing of
technology incorporating Bluetooth.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
anticlockwise, clockwise, counterclockwise,
earthward, heavenward, homeward, in blue water,
landward, leeward, leftward, oceanward, oceanwards, off, off soundings, offshore, out of soundings,
rightward, seawards, widdershins, windward