adj [{referring to the east} (We live in the ~ end of town )] timur 2 adv [towards the east (We are travelling ~ )] timur 3 n [direction from where the sun comes up (The sun rises in the ~ )] timur
The east edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the east. a low line of hills running along the east coast
One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox
that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West