From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
inward
adj 1: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern
with inward reflections" [ant: outward]
2: directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound
train"; "inward flood of capital" [syn: {arriving(a)},
inbound]
adv 1: toward the center or interior; "move the needle further
inwards!" [syn: inwards] [ant: outward]
2: to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"
[syn: in, inwards]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inward \In"ward\, n.
1. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural,
the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
--Milton.
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2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]
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3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] "I
was an inward of his." --Shak. Inward
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inward \In"ward\, Inwards \In"wards\, adv. [AS. inweard. The
ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a.,
-wards.]
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1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to
bend a thing inward.
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2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to
turn the attention inward.
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So much the rather, thou Celestial Light,
Shine inward. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inward \In"ward\ ([i^]n*w[~e]rd), a. [AS. inweard, inneweard,
innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) +
the suffix -weard, E. -ward.]
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1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to
outward. --Milton.
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2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward
beauty." --Shak.
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3. Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.]
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All my inward friends abhorred me. --Job xix. 19.
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He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to
know in part the discourse of his life. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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