slovo | definícia |
west (mass) | west
- západ |
west (encz) | west,západ n: |
west (encz) | west,západní adj: |
West (gcide) | West \West\, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west,
westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan,
Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. ?.
????. Cf. Vesper, Visigoth.]
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1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at
the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth;
that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which
is in a direction at right angles to that of north and
south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the
point directly opposite to east.
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And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.
--Bryant.
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2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to
some other country or region, is situated in the direction
toward the west.
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3. Specifically:
(a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it
having been discovered by sailing westward from
Europe; the Occident.
(b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the
United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now,
commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi
river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian
Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite
article.
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West by north, West by south, according to the notation
of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4[deg]
to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
west.
West northwest, West southwest, that point which lies
221/2[deg] to the north or south of west, or halfway
between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See
Illust. of Compass.
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West (gcide) | West \West\, a.
1. Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a
western direction from the point of observation or
reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the
west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east
and west line; a west wind blows from the west.
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This shall be your west border. --Num. xxxiv.
6.
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2. (Eccl.) 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.
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West end, the fashionable part of London, commencing from
the east, at Charing Cross.
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West (gcide) | West \West\, adv. [AS. west.]
Westward.
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West (gcide) | West \West\, v. i.
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1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] "The hot
sun gan to west." --Chaucer.
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2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or
south toward the west.
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west (wn) | west
adv 1: to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona";
"situated west of Boston"
adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant:
east]
n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North America and South America [syn: West, Occident]
2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn:
west, due west, westward, W]
3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the
Mississippi River [syn: West, western United States]
4: the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass
point
5: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: West,
Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, {Cicily Isabel
Fairfield}]
6: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: West, {Mae
West}]
7: English painter (born in America) who became the second
president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: West,
Benjamin West]
8: a location in the western part of a country, region, or city |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
lowest (mass) | lowest
- najnižší |
northwest (mass) | Northwest
- severozápadný, Severozápad |
west (mass) | west
- západ |
westerly (mass) | westerly
- západný, západný |
western (mass) | western
- západný |
western sahara (mass) | Western Sahara
- Západná Sahara |
westward (mass) | westward
- západne |
southwest (msas) | southwest
- SW |
southwest (msasasci) | southwest
- SW |
awestricken (encz) | awestricken,v posvátné hrůze Zdeněk Brož |
awestruck (encz) | awestruck,ohromený adj: Zdeněk Brožawestruck,omráčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
central bank of west african states (encz) | Central Bank of West African States, |
country and western (encz) | country and western, |
country-and-western (encz) | country-and-western, |
due west (encz) | due west, n: |
economic and social commission for western asia (encz) | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, |
economic community of west african states (encz) | Economic Community of West African States, |
fewest (encz) | fewest,nejméně |
giant northwest shipworm (encz) | giant northwest shipworm, n: |
key west (encz) | Key West, |
lowest (encz) | lowest,nejnižší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lowest achievable emission rate (laer). (encz) | Lowest Achievable Emission Rate (LAER).,nejnižší dosažitelný podíl emisí
(LAER) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
lowest common denominator (encz) | lowest common denominator, |
lowest common multiple (encz) | lowest common multiple, |
lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (encz) | lowest-observed-adverse-effect level,loael [eko.] Nejnižší úroveň
expozice při které je ještě pozorována nepříznivá odpověď na statisticky
významné úrovni ve srovnání s kontrolní skupinou. RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
mae west (encz) | Mae West, |
middle west (encz) | Middle West, |
middle western (encz) | Middle Western, |
midwest (encz) | Midwest,Středozápad n: zeměp. |
midwestern (encz) | Midwestern, |
midwesterner (encz) | Midwesterner, |
midwesterners (encz) | Midwesterners, |
narrowest (encz) | narrowest,nejužší |
newest (encz) | newest,nejnovější |
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