25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Eastward \East"ward\, Eastwards \East"wards\, adverb Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

eastward

adjective: moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: {eastbound}]

adverb: toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden" [syn: {eastwards}]
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