Definitions
Etymologies
- back + wind (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Lithe and graceful, she was tall with chestnut skin and long black hair that swirled in the backwind of the rotors.”
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“But the backwind from the old man's wings threw off the toss by just enough to make the adhesive device miss.”
“If he is too late in releasing the jib sheet, the sail will backwind and the helmsman will have difficulties in preventing the boat from oversteering.”
“When coming about, the crew releases the jib just as it starts to backwind and blow through the foretriangle—the space between the mast and forestay.”
“In many cases it is necessary to backwind the jib to bring the boat completely around onto the other tack.”
“Demonstrate how to blanket and backwind a competitor to your advantage while on the same tack on the windward leg of a race course.”
“That would not have been possible 40 years ago and it can happen because they feel the backwind of the public supporting their actions.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘backwind’.
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Film and Cinematography
A list of terms used in cinematography
anamorphic, a and b rolls, academy aperture, academy leader, answer print, married print, filmography, apple box, aspect ratio, backwind, camera-stylo, barndoors and 53 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
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scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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whichbe When you break wind while standing in front of someone. Jan 23, 2009
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hernesheir (v): rewinding film in a still- or film camera to shoot a double exposure. Jan 17, 2009