west

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
    

West \West\, adv. [AS. west.]
   Westward.
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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 \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 \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, MS (town, FIPS 78680)
  Location: 33.19812 N, 89.78142 W
  Population (1990): 184 (105 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 39192
West, TX (city, FIPS 77332)
  Location: 31.80321 N, 97.09283 W
  Population (1990): 2515 (1159 housing units)
  Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 76691
    

West, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    2692
   Housing Units (2000): 1143
   Land area (2000):     1.555073 sq. miles (4.027621 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.555073 sq. miles (4.027621 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            77332
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             31.803369 N, 97.093106 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     76691
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    West, TX
    West
    

West, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
   Population (2000):    220
   Housing Units (2000): 113
   Land area (2000):     0.557537 sq. miles (1.444013 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.557537 sq. miles (1.444013 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            78680
   Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
   Location:             33.197266 N, 89.779288 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     39192
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    West, MS
    West
    

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "west":
      W, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points,
      compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastbound, easter,
      easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastward, half points,
      hyperborean, lubber line, meridional, north, northbound, northeast,
      northeasterly, northeastern, norther, northerly, northern,
      northernmost, northward, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern,
      occident, occidental, orient, oriental, quarter points, rhumb,
      south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, souther,
      southerly, southern, southernmost, southward, southwest,
      southwesterly, southwestern, sunrise, sunset, westabout, westbound,
      wester, westerly, western, westernly, westernmost, westward,
      westwardly, westwards

    

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "West":
      Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor,
      Australasia, Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast,
      Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant,
      Middle Atlantic, Middle East, Middle West, Near East, New England,
      New World, North, North Central region, Northeast, Northwest,
      Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, Pacific Northwest, South,
      Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt, West Coast, Western Hemisphere,
      Yankeeland, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, northland,
      the Coast, the old country, westland, wild West