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Webster 1828 Edition

Homeward

HO'MEWARD

Definition 2025

homeward

homeward

English

Adverb

homeward ‎(comparative more homeward, superlative most homeward)

towards home
- I am homeward bound

Translations

towards home

Belarusian: дадо́му ‎(dadómu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 回家 (zh) ‎(huíjiā)
Czech: domů (cs)
Dutch: heemwaarts, huiswaarts (nl)
Faroese: heim
Finnish: kotiin (fi), kotiin päin, kotia kohti
French: à la maison (fr)
German: nach Hause, heim (de), heimwärts (de)
Hebrew: הביתה ‎(habáyta)
Hungarian: haza (hu), hazafelé (hu)
Irish: abhaile
Japanese: 家へ向かって ‎(うちへむかって, uchi e mukatte)
Old Norse: heim

Penobscot: wigwomwok
Polish: do domu
Portuguese: para casa
Romansch: a chasa (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader), a casa (Sursilvan), a tgea, a tgeasa (Sutsilvan), a tgesa (Surmiran), a chesa (Puter)
Russian: домо́й (ru) ‎(domój), восвоя́си (ru) ‎(vosvojási)
Scots: hame-throu
Scottish Gaelic: dhachaigh
Serbo-Croatian: кући, kući (sh)
Slovak: domov (sk)
Slovene: domôv (sl)
Swedish: hemåt (sv)
Ukrainian: додо́му ‎(dodómu)
Welsh: adref (cy), adre
Yiddish: אַהיים ‎(aheym)

Adjective

homeward ‎(comparative more homeward, superlative most homeward)

oriented towards home
- I caught a homeward bus

Translations

oriented towards home

Finnish: kotiin menevä
Russian: направля́ющийся домо́й ‎(napravljájuščijsja domój), к до́му ‎(k dómu)