clockwise
(adjective) in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
clockwise
(adverb) in the direction that the hands of a clock move; “please move clockwise in a circle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clockwise (not comparable)
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
• CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil
• ACW, anticlockwise (UK)
• CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (US)
• withershins, widdershins
clockwise (not comparable)
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
Source: Wiktionary
Clock"wise`, a. & adv.
Definition: Like the motion of the hands of a clock; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
