Definitions
1.nounOne of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
2.verbTo move to the west; (of the sun) to set.
3.adjectiveSituated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
4.adjectiveOf wind: from the west.
5.adjectiveOf or pertaining to the west; western.
6.adjectiveFrom the West; occidental.
7.adjective(ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
8.adverbTowards the west; westwards.