'Eastward' definitions:

Definition of 'eastward'

adverb

Toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden" [syn: eastward, eastwards]

adjective

Moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: eastbound, eastward]

noun

The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E]

From: GCIDE

Eastward \East"ward\, Eastwards \East"wards\, adv. Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York. [1913 Webster]