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inwardsin‧wards /ˈɪnwədz $ -wərdz/ especially British English, inward American English adverb   - At last, however, the door fell inwards upon the carpet.
- Brown stains caused by small flames crept inwards.
- One sheet lay at his feet, as yet untouched by the flames, although it was beginning to curl inwards.
- With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards, raise the arms 35 times, aiming slightly higher with each count.
from the outside towards the inside► into from the outside towards the inside: · Jane went into the living-room and sat down on the sofa.· Pour half a pint of milk into a small pan and warm it gently.· Rachel jumped into her car and sped off in the direction of the hospital.· Edwards is charged with trying to smuggle 20 kg of cannabis into the country. ► in into a room, building, container, car etc: · Come in! The door's not locked.· A big car pulled up and the driver told me to get in.· Maureen stood at the door, looking in.· Do you want me to put it in a bag for you?· She went in the bathroom and turned on the tap. ► inside into a building, room, container etc until completely in it and enclosed by it: · Tom ran back inside and called the police.· I put my hand inside my bag, searching for my passport. ► inwards/inward towards the inside of a building, room, community etc: · The main door opens inwards.· All the windows faced inward across the courtyard. VERB► face· With the back of the hands facing inwards, place one hand over the other.· With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards, raise the arms 30 times, lifting them a little higher with each count.· The three most complete furnaces were built on or against a wall and faced inwards.· Interlink hands behind your back, palms facing inwards.· If there are two lines then it is a good idea to have the chairs facing inwards so that the teams face each other.· Brownies stand in a circle facing inwards with their legs apart. ► look· Companies which looked inwards to Whitehall are now listening to their customers and shareholders.· Divorced from any clear patronage, western artists were free to look inwards and to ignore the tastes of the masses.· They have to look inwards, too - sometimes very closely - at the workings of the organization itself.· His eyes swivelled in an old panic, trying to look inwards. ► turn· Once again the novel repeatedly turns inwards to examine its own nature, presenting itself as a kind of palimpsest.· Their heads always turn either to right or left: one of their eyes turns inwards, the other upwards.· But certainly some ebullience in me was checked, held in and turned inwards. towards the inside of something OPP outwards:  A breeze blew the curtains inwards. |