Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

West \West\, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west,
   westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan,
   Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. ?.
   ????. Cf. {Vesper}, {Visigoth}.]
   1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at
      the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth;
      that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which
      is in a direction at right angles to that of north and
      south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the
      point directly opposite to east.

            And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.
                                                  --Bryant.

   2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to
      some other country or region, is situated in the direction
      toward the west.

   3. Specifically:
      (a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it
          having been discovered by sailing westward from
          Europe; the Occident.
      (b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the
          United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now,
          commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi
          river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian
          Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite
          article.

   {West by north}, {West by south}, according to the notation
      of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4[deg]
      to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
      west.

   {West northwest}, {West southwest}, that point which lies
      221/2[deg] to the north or south of west, or halfway
      between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See
      Illust. of {Compass}.

West \West\, a.
   Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western
   direction from the point of observation or reckoning;
   proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a
   west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a
   west wind blows from the west.

         This shall be your west border.          --Num. xxxiv.
                                                  6.

   {West end}, the fashionable part of London, commencing from
      the east, at Charing Cross.

West \West\, adv. [AS. west.]
   Westward.

West \West\, v. i.
   1. To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [Obs.] ``The hot
      sun gan to west.'' --Chaucer.

   2. To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or
      south toward the west.

West \West\, a. (Eccl.)
   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.

Source : WordNet®

West
     n 1: the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including)
          North and South America [syn: {Occident}]
     2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: {due
        west}, {W}]
     3: the region of the United States lying to the west of the
        Mississippi River [syn: {western United States}]
     4: British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) [syn: {Rebecca
        West}, {Dame Rebecca West}, {Cicily Isabel Fairfield}]
     5: United States film actress (1892-1980) [syn: {Mae West}]
     6: English painter (born in America) who became the second
        president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820) [syn: {Benjamin
        West}]