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# seawards

«seawards» in Mova's school dictionary: **Towards the sea, away from the land** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (seawards); also adjective and adverb «seaward»

### meaning for a pupil

Towards the sea, away from the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, sailing and stories it gives a direction: the tide flows seawards, a ship heads seawards. In safety talk at the beach, a rip current can carry swimmers seawards. Phrases: «drift seawards», «look seawards», «face seawards».

### examples

- The tide was flowing seawards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#x1)
- The boat drifted seawards in the strong wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#x2)
- From the cliff we looked seawards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#x3)
- Rip currents can pull swimmers seawards; swim parallel to the shore to escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#x4)
- The river runs seawards through the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#x5)
- The house faces seawards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/#x6)

### note

«Seawards» is mostly UK; «seaward» works in both UK and US. Opposite: «landwards» or «inland». «-wards» means «in the direction of», as in «homewards» or «backwards».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «seawards» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seawards/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.