'-wards' definitions:
Definition of '-wards'
From: GCIDE
- -ward \-ward\ (w[~e]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[~e]rdz). [AS. -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G. -w[aum]rts, Icel. -ver[eth]r, Goth. -va['i]r[thorn]s, L. vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become. [root]143. See Worth. v. i., and cf. Verse. Adverbs ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were originally genitive forms used adverbially.] Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing '-wards'
- -ward,
- Ward,
- Warded,
- Warding,
- ward off,
- Casualty ward,
- City ward,
- La Ward,
- Seth Ward,
- Ward County,
- Ward penny,
- Ward staff,
- Ward, AR,
- Ward, CO,
- Ward, ND,
- Ward, SC,
- Ward, SD,
- Ward, TX,
- Watch and ward,
- artemus ward,
- barbara ward,
- hospital ward,
- maternity ward,
- montgomery ward,
- ward heeler,
- Bridge-ward,
- La Ward, TX,
- March-ward,
- Seth Ward, TX,
- Ward County, ND,
- Ward County, TX,
- Ward-corn,
- aaron montgomery ward,
- henry ward beecher,
- julia ward howe,
- mrs. humphrey ward,
- ward-heeler,
- conservator-ward relation,
- mary augusta arnold ward