whither
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adverb
- Interrogative senses: To what place; where.
- Interrogative senses: To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.
- Relative senses: To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.
- Relative senses: To the place in or to which.
- Relative senses: In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.
Noun
- A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.
- A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
- A forceful blow or hit.
- An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
- The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
- A gust of wind; a bluster.
Verb
- To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
- To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
- To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
- To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
- Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.
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