Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In or toward the direction from which the wind blows.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wind up; roll up; convolve.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective being or moving in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
  • transitive verb To wind up.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective exposed to the wind
  • adverb in the direction from which the wind is blowing

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb toward the wind
  • adjective towards the side exposed to wind
  • adverb in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing

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Examples

  • Too close for comfortJohn Reed's property is 900 meters upwind from a 526-hectare industrial waste pond called Little Blue Run.

    Coal Ash Waste Dusts Neighborhoods 2010

  • Hey if you are stepping off the bus smelling chocolate you are upwind from the chocolate factory.

    I've Got To Admit, It's Getting Better... kittenpie 2008

  • In the backyard, I stand away and upwind from the smoke that billows from Carl Donovan’s enormous barbecue.

    Hopefulness 2010

  • In the backyard, I stand away and upwind from the smoke that billows from Carl Donovan’s enormous barbecue.

    Hopefulness 2010

  • In the backyard, I stand away and upwind from the smoke that billows from Carl Donovan’s enormous barbecue.

    Hopefulness 2010

  • If he does not do this, Wilson will have to struggle upwind, which is something he has certainly been getting used to since the Horn.

    Sail-World.com USA Latest News 2009

  • 'I don't see anything inherently wrong with her, being hit by a fishing boat one week and then hitting something in the water does not mean the boat is unsafe or unsound, particularly we had a good bashing upwind, which is the hardest thing for the boat and she proved fine, it was a good way to start the race really.

    Sail-World.com USA Latest News 2008

  • There is designed to be one ama only, which skims a metre above the water on the "upwind" side ignore the tiny float on the other side for now and this long plastic float is kept there, skimming, only by the crew's skill and constant movement.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • There is designed to be one ama only, which skims a metre above the water on the "upwind" side ignore the tiny float on the other side for now and this long plastic float is kept there, skimming, only by the crew's skill and constant movement.

    [ferry disaster] greed and ignorance 2008

  • Since the wind usually blows from the west, the island is located 'upwind' of Europe.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

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