- to or toward this place: to come hither.
- being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow.
- in various quarters; here and there: They scurried hither and thither to escape the rain.
- from here to over there, especially to a farther place; in or to a great many places: He looked hither and yon for the coin. She went hither and yon in search of an answer.
- to or towards this place (esp in the phrase come hither)
- this way and that, as in a state of confusion
- (of a side or part, esp of a hill or valley) nearer; closer
