slovo | definícia |
southwest (msas) | southwest
- SW |
southwest (msasasci) | southwest
- SW |
southwest (encz) | southwest,jihozápad n: web |
southwest (encz) | southwest,jihozápadní Pavel Machek; Giza |
Southwest (gcide) | Southwest \South`west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), n.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;
the southwest part or region.
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Southwest (gcide) | Southwest \South`west"\, a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;
proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest;
as, a southwest wind.
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southwest (wn) | southwest
adv 1: to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: southwest,
south-west, sou'west]
adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
[syn: southwesterly, southwest]
2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn:
southwest, southwestern, southwesterly]
n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225
degrees [syn: southwest, sou'-west, southwestward,
SW]
2: the southwestern region of the United States generally
including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and
sometimes Utah and Colorado [syn: Southwest, {southwestern
United States}]
3: the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass
point
4: a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or
city |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
south southwest (encz) | south southwest, n: |
south-southwest (encz) | south-southwest, adv: |
southwest by south (encz) | southwest by south, n: |
southwest by west (encz) | southwest by west, n: |
southwester (encz) | southwester, |
southwesterly (encz) | southwesterly,jihozápadní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
southwestern (encz) | southwestern,jihozápadní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
southwestern lip fern (encz) | southwestern lip fern, n: |
southwestern toad (encz) | southwestern toad, n: |
southwestern united states (encz) | southwestern United States, n: |
southwestern white pine (encz) | southwestern white pine, n: |
southwestward (encz) | southwestward, |
southwestwardly (encz) | southwestwardly, adv: |
west southwest (encz) | west southwest, n: |
Southwest (gcide) | Southwest \South`west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), n.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;
the southwest part or region.
[1913 Webster]Southwest \South`west"\, a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;
proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest;
as, a southwest wind.
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Southwester (gcide) | Southwester \South`west"er\ (?; colloq. ?), n.
1. A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
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2. A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like,
with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather.
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Southwesterly (gcide) | Southwesterly \South`west"er*ly\, a.
To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a
southwesterly wind.
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Southwestern (gcide) | Southwestern \South`west"ern\, a.
Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail
a southwestern course.
[1913 Webster] Southwestward |
Southwestward (gcide) | Southwestward \South`west"ward\, Southwestwardly
\South`west"ward*ly\, adv.
Toward the southwest.
[1913 Webster] Souvenance |
Southwestwardly (gcide) | Southwestward \South`west"ward\, Southwestwardly
\South`west"ward*ly\, adv.
Toward the southwest.
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West southwest (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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south southwest (wn) | south southwest
n 1: the compass point midway between south and southwest [syn:
south southwest, sou'-sou'-west, SSW] |
south-southwest (wn) | south-southwest
adv 1: to, toward, or in the south southwest [syn: {south-
southwest}, sou'-sou'-west] |
southwest by south (wn) | southwest by south
n 1: the compass point that is one point south of southwest
[syn: southwest by south, SWbS] |
southwest by west (wn) | southwest by west
n 1: the compass point that is one point west of southwest [syn:
southwest by west, SWbW] |
southwester (wn) | southwester
n 1: a strong wind from the southwest [syn: southwester,
sou'wester] |
southwesterly (wn) | southwesterly
adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
[syn: southwesterly, southwest]
2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn:
southwest, southwestern, southwesterly] |
southwestern (wn) | southwestern
adj 1: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn:
southwest, southwestern, southwesterly]
2: of a region of the United States generally including New
Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada;
Utah; Colorado
n 1: a dialect of Middle English [syn: Southwestern, {West
Saxon}] |
southwestern lip fern (wn) | southwestern lip fern
n 1: lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and
Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds [syn: {southwestern
lip fern}, Cheilanthes eatonii] |
southwestern toad (wn) | southwestern toad
n 1: a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of
semiarid southwestern United States [syn: {southwestern
toad}, Bufo microscaphus] |
southwestern united states (wn) | southwestern United States
n 1: the southwestern region of the United States generally
including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California,
and sometimes Utah and Colorado [syn: Southwest,
southwestern United States] |
southwestern white pine (wn) | southwestern white pine
n 1: medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown
and furrowed when mature [syn: southwestern white pine,
Pinus strobiformis] |
southwestward (wn) | southwestward
adv 1: in a southwestward direction [syn: southwestward,
southwestwardly]
adj 1: toward the southwest
n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225
degrees [syn: southwest, sou'-west, southwestward,
SW] |
southwestwardly (wn) | southwestwardly
adv 1: in a southwestward direction [syn: southwestward,
southwestwardly] |
west southwest (wn) | west southwest
n 1: the compass point midway between west and southwest [syn:
west southwest, WSW] |
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