the direction, point, to the left of a person facing towards the sunrise (i.e. towards the east)
toward the top pole of the earth
Cases of word usage
1) of the very cold region in the north of the Earth (arctic)
2) an instrument with a needle that points to the magnetic north (compass)
3) a prairie wolf of Western North America (coyote)
4) (especially in North England and in poetry) = valley (dale)
5) (the region near) an imaginary line around the Earth, or drawn on maps, at an equal distance from the north and south poles (equator)
6) the distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees (latitude)
7) (either half of) an imaginary line round the earth, passing through the north and south poles, as used on maps (meridian)
8) (of winds) from the north; (of direction) towards, in or to the north (northerly)
9) of, from, in, the north part of the country, continent, the world etc (northern)
10) towards the north (northward)