Associations to the word «Northward»

Wiktionary

NORTHWARD, noun. The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
NORTHWARD, adjective. Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
NORTHWARD, adverb. Towards the north; in a northerly direction.

Dictionary definition

NORTHWARD, noun. The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees.
NORTHWARD, adverb. In a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!".
NORTHWARD, adjective. Moving toward the north; "the northbound lane"; "we took the north train"; "the northward flow of traffic".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats