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See Inward.

Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.

Curvature inwards; hookedness. The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope.

Curved inwards; hooked.

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall- sided.

The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole.

), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.

cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular. -- To fall in. (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in. (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assigned place in line; as, to fall in on the right. (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long r…

aking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. Shak.

A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards. Sir T. Browne.

Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower.

A rush inwards; as, the inrush of the tide. G. Eliot.

e inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor. Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat. Milton.

The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.

lowman. Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance [Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. Ex. xii. 9.

To turn in. (a) To fold or double under; as, to turn in the edge of cloth. (b) To direct inwards; as, to turn the toes in when walking. (c) To contribute; to deliver up; as, he turned in a large amount. [Colloq.] -- To turn in the mind, to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon; -- with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas…