Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Passing to the west.
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- adjective Moving westward, near the west.
- verb Present participle of
wester .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Far Tamalpais, barely seen in the silver haze, bulked hugely by the Golden Gate, the latter a pale gold pathway under the westering sun.
Chapter 21 2010
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The sun swung on its westering way till it flashed through the open doorway, full upon the yellow-burdened scales.
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"There was a vogue for thinking in terms of a westering trend in economic history and how the center of gravity of the world economy was moving across the Atlantic from Europe to America," he said.
Massive Population Lifts Nation's Growth Bob Davis 2011
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From faint outlines left by Indian hunting parties tracking deer and elk, to Pony Express routes, to westering pioneer trails and railroad lines, Mr. Swift writes, grew a 47,000-mile network that, as a public-works project dwarfs "Egypt's pyramids, the Panama Canal and China's Great Wall" combined.
Interstate Highways as a Long-Haul Project Patrick Cooke 2011
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A long canoe, with paddles flashing back the rays of the westering sun, was crossing the current from above and urging in for the eddy.
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In the course of his circuit the pink shell of her ear came between his eye and the westering sun, and he stopped to contemplate its rosy transparency.
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First of all westering white-men, had Isaac Travers gazed on that splendid valley, its salmon-laden waters, its rich bottoms, and its virgin forest slopes.
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Beyond them a westering sun burnishes the sea, and blue hills process along every horizon.
Country diary: Garndolbenmaen Jim Perrin 2010
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The westering sun glittered off the pond nestled in its verdant bower, where toy sailboats bobbed in the gold-tipped swells.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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And as he gazed into it, noting that it seemed to reflect nothing, not even the westering light, it curiously grew quite black, like the blackest glass.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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Maybe it’s the classic American westering – keep moving west, keep moving west.
Closure of iconic Cliff House ends a remarkable era of San Francisco's history Vivian Ho 2020
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