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land·ward

(lănd′wərd)
adv. & adj.
To or toward land: sailing landward; the landward side of a coastal fortification.
land′wards adv.
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landward

(ˈlændwəd)
adj
1. lying, facing, or moving towards land
2. in the direction of the land
adv
a variant of landwards
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land•ward

(ˈlænd wərd)

adv.
1. Also, land′wards. toward the land or interior.
adj.
2. lying, facing, or tending toward the land or away from the coast.
3. being in the direction of the land.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv. 1. landward - toward land; "landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands"
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Translations

landward

[ˈlændwəd]
A. ADJ → de hacia tierra, de la parte de la tierra
B. ADV → hacia tierra
to landward(s) → en la dirección de la tierra
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Standing upon the shore of eternity, I turn for a last look landward over the course by which I came.
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Mark also the mighty ramparts which are pierced by the three water-gates, and sixteen others to the landward side."
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Then, as subtly, and coldly, and remorselessly as a sea-fog stealing landward, fear crept into her heart.
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The pilot had hung out his lights, which was very necessary in these seas crowded with vessels bound landward; for collisions are not uncommon occurrences, and, at the speed she was going, the least shock would shatter the gallant little craft.
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When Roy had gone she sat for a long time in the pavilion, watching a white mist creeping subtly and remorselessly landward up the harbor.
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Beyond, the Pacific, dim and vast, was raising on its sky-line tumbled cloud-masses that swept landward, giving warning of the first blustering breath of winter.
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The marshes on the landward side were mauve with lavender blossom, In the distance, the red-tiled cottages nestled deep among a background of green trees and rising fields.
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What it was I had no guess, which for the time increased my fear of it; but I now know it must have been the roost or tide race, which had carried me away so fast and tumbled me about so cruelly, and at last, as if tired of that play, had flung out me and the spare yard upon its landward margin.
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Presently I heard Montgomery's voice shouting, "Right turn!" and they passed with their shouts and howls into the blackness of the landward trees.
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When his eyes were clear again he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward. Big iron upperworks rose out of this headlong structure, and from that twin funnels projected and spat a smoking blast shot with fire.
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>From where Kotuko and the girl were, the confusion looked no more than an uneasy, rippling, crawling movement under the horizon; but it came toward them each moment, and they could hear, far away to landward a heavy booming, as it might have been the boom of artillery through a fog.
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