From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
west
adv 1: to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona";
"situated west of Boston"
adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward the west [ant:
east]
n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
North America and South America [syn: West, Occident]
2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn:
west, due west, westward, W]
3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the
Mississippi River [syn: West, western United States]
4: the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass
point
5: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: West,
Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel
Fairfield]
6: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: West, Mae
West]
7: English painter (born in America) who became the second
president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: West,
Benjamin West]
8: a location in the western part of a country, region, or city