SkyfireDict

west   (TTS Sound)

The noun west has 8 senses

• West, Occident -- (the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America)


• west, due west, westward, W -- (the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees)


• West, western United States -- (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)


• west -- (the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point)


• West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield -- (British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983))


• West, Mae West -- (United States film actress (1892-1980))


• West, Benjamin West -- (English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820))


• west -- (a location in the western part of a country, region, or city)

The adj west has 1 sense

• west -- (situated in or facing or moving toward the west)

The adv west has 1 sense

• west -- (to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"; "situated west of Boston")