ALL meanings of west
west
W w - noun west Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763. 1
- noun west Jerome Alan ("Jerry") born 1938, U.S. basketball player, coach, and executive. 1
- noun west Mae, 1892?–1980, U.S. actress. 1
- noun west Nathanael (Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein) 1902?–40, U.S. novelist. 1
- noun west Paul, born 1930, U.S. poet, essayist, and novelist, born in England. 1
- noun west Dame Rebecca (Cicily Isabel Fairfield Andrews) 1892–1983, English novelist, journalist, and critic, born in Ireland. 1
- adjective west directed or proceeding toward the west. 1
- adjective west coming from the west: a west wind. 1
- adjective west lying toward or situated in the west. 1
- adjective west Ecclesiastical. designating, lying toward, or in that part of a church opposite to and farthest from the altar. 1
- adverb west to, toward, or in the west: The car headed west. 1
- adverb west from the west: The wind blew west. 1
- idioms west go west, Informal. to die. 1
- noun west occident 1
- adjective west of the west, occidental 1
- abbreviation WEST westward 1
- noun west western USA 1
- noun west First World countries 1
- noun west The direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north, or the part of the horizon lying in this direction. 1
- noun west One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox. 0
- verb west To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. 0
- adjective west Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward. 0
- adjective west (meteorology) Of wind: from the west. 0
- adjective west Of or pertaining to the west; western. 0
- adjective west From the West; occidental. 0
- adjective west (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir. 0
- adverb west Towards the west; westwards. 0
- uncountable noun west The west is the direction which you look towards in the evening in order to see the sun set. 0
- singular noun west The west of a place, country, or region is the part of it which is in the west. 0
- adverb west If you go west, you travel towards the west. 0
- adverb west Something that is west of a place is positioned to the west of it. 0
- adjective west The west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the west. 0
- adjective west West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area. 0
- adjective west A west wind is a wind that blows from the west. 0
- singular noun west The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. 0
- noun west one of the four cardinal points of the compass, 270° clockwise from north and 180° from east 0
- noun west the direction along a parallel towards the sunset, at 270° clockwise from north 0
- noun west the player or position at the table corresponding to west on the compass 0
- adjective west situated in, moving towards, or facing the west 0
- adjective west (esp of the wind) from the west 0
- adverb west in, to, or towards the west 0
- adverb west (of the wind) from the west 0
- noun west the western part of the world contrasted historically and culturally with the East or Orient; the Occident 0
- noun west (formerly) the non-Communist countries of Europe and America contrasted with the Communist states of the East 0
- noun west that part of the US lying approximately to the west of the Mississippi 0
- noun west (during the Colonial period) the region outside the 13 colonies, lying mainly to the west of the Alleghenies 0
- noun west (in the ancient and medieval world) the Western Roman Empire and, later, the Holy Roman Empire 0
- adjective west of or denoting the western part of a specified country, area, etc 0
- adjective west (as part of a name) 0
- noun west Benjamin. 1738–1820, US painter, in England from 1763 0