Definition of west

"west" in the noun sense

1. West, Occident

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

2. west, due west, westward, W

the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

3. West, western United States

the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

4. west

the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point

5. West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield

British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)

6. West, Mae West

United States film actress (1892-1980)

7. West, Benjamin West

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

8. west

a location in the western part of a country, region, or city

"west" in the adjective sense

1. west

situated in or facing or moving toward the west

"west" in the adverb sense

1. west

to, toward, or in the west

"we moved west to Arizona"

"situated west of Boston"

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Quotations for west

Go West, young man! Go West. [ John L. B. Soule ]

The wind blows not always west. [ Proverb ]

The longer east, the longer west. [ Proverb ]

Yonder cloud,
That rises upward always higher,
And onward drags a laboring breast,
And topples round the dreary west,
A looming bastion fringed with fire. [ Tennyson ]

He could distinguish and divide
A hair 'twixt south and south-west side. [ Butler ]

A song to the oak, the brave old oak,
Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;
Here's health and renown to his broad,
green crown, And his fifty arms so strong.
There's fear in his frown when the goes down,
And the fire in the West fades out;
And he showeth his might on a wild midnight,
When the storms through his branches shout. [ H. F. Chorley ]

They are those winged messengers that can fly
From the Antarctic to the Arctic sky;
The heralds and swift harbingers that move
From east to west on embassies of love. [ Howell ]

As winds come lightly whispering from the west.
Kissing, not ruffling the blue deep's serene. [ Byron ]

It is in worldly accidents.
As in the world itself, where things most distant
Meet one another: Thus the east and west.
Upon the globe a mathematical point
Only divides: Thus happiness and misery.
And all extremes, are still contiguous. [ Denham ]

At the morning hour, when the half-awakened sun, trampling down the lingering shadows of the west, spreads his ruby-tinted tresses over jessamines and roses, drying with cloths of gold Aurora's tears of mingled fire and snow, which the sun's rays converted into pearls. [ Calderon ]

If I live in the Wild West days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That was if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like, Hey look. He's carrying a soldering iron! and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, That's right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice. Then everyone would get real quiet and ashamed, because they made fun of the soldering iron of justice, and I could probably hit them up for a free drink. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

west in Scrabble®

The word west is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters west:

WETS
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The 120 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In west

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west in Words With Friends™

The word west is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters west:

WEST
(45)
WETS
(45)
STEW
(45)
 

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The 132 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In west

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Words within the letters of west

2 letter words in west (1 word)

3 letter words in west (3 words)

4 letter words in west (Anagrams) (3 words)

Word Growth involving west

Shorter words in west

we

Longer words containing west

awestruck

fewest

lowest hollowest

lowest mellowest

lowest sallowest

lowest shallowest

lowest slowest

lowest yellowest

midwest midwestern midwesterner midwesterners

narrowest

newest

northwest northwester northwesterlies

northwest northwester northwesterly

northwest northwester northwestern northwesterner northwesterners

northwest northwester northwestern northwesternmost

northwest northwester northwesters

northwest northwestward northwestwardly

northwest northwestward northwestwards

rawest

southwest southwester southwesterlies

southwest southwester southwesterly

southwest southwester southwestern southwesterner southwesterners

southwest southwester southwestern southwesternmost

southwest southwester southwesters

southwest southwestward southwestwardly

southwest southwestward southwestwards

westbound

westerlies northwesterlies

westerlies southwesterlies

westerly northwesterly

westerly southwesterly

westermost

western midwestern midwesterner midwesterners

western northwestern northwesterner northwesterners

western northwestern northwesternmost

western southwestern southwesterner southwesterners

western southwestern southwesternmost

western westerner midwesterner midwesterners

western westerner northwesterner northwesterners

western westerner southwesterner southwesterners

western westerner westerners midwesterners

western westerner westerners northwesterners

western westerner westerners southwesterners

western westernisation

western westernise westernised

western westernise westernises

western westernising

western westernization

western westernize westernized

western westernize westernizes

western westernizing

western westernmost northwesternmost

western westernmost southwesternmost

western westerns

westmost

westside

westward northwestward northwestwardly

westward northwestward northwestwards

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westward westwardly northwestwardly

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westward westwards northwestwards

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