Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Against or in the face of the wind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Against the wind; toward the direction from which the wind is blowing.
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Examples
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Either way - you should avoid putting your scent up-wind of the deer's expected path of travel.
Does anyone know a way to keep mosquitoes with out the smell of bug spray? 2009
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Either way - you should avoid putting your scent up-wind of the deer's expected path of travel.
Does anyone know a way to keep mosquitoes with out the smell of bug spray? 2009
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Guides: putting a loudmouth know-it-all in a run, and asking that person to cast up-wind into a 30 mph breeze with a double weighted nymph rig (humility training 101) ... naughty.
Naughty and Nice: A Flyfisher's Checklist Tim Romano 2008
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At one point, the three whales came up on the up-wind side of the boat and spouted - exhaled actually.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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At one point, the three whales came up on the up-wind side of the boat and spouted - exhaled actually.
Humpbacks 2006
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First, try to sit about 500 feet away from the show and avoid sitting up-wind so debris and smoke don't travel toward you.
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I pointed up-wind, in the direction of the entrance to Marazan.
Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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They were up-wind, and the elephant not only heard but saw them.
The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney
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Schoverling and the boys to shoot game, for the Masai could spear all that was needed without trouble, two or three of them going up-wind and driving the game past the hiding-place of the rest.
The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series Elliott Whitney
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If something is after us it's coming up-wind, the way any hunting animal works.
The Stars, My Brothers Edmond Hamilton 1940
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