English Explanatory Dictionary

fromward

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Turned away; averse.
  2. Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.
adv
  1. Forth; forward.
noun
  1. A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
prep
  1. From; away from.

Word forms

fromward more fromward most fromward frammard fromard frommard frommart frommet frommud vrammard vrammerd fromwards

Etymology

From Middle English fromward, framward, from Old English framweard (“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”, adjective) and framweardes (“away from”, adverb), equivalent to from + -ward. Compare froward.

Synonyms

frower froe frow fromwards

Antonyms

toward

Derived words

frommarding
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