upwind — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Exposed to the wind.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • usually

Adverb

1. In the direction from which the wind is blowing.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • usually

Verb

1. To wind upwards.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Transitive

   Examples

   The cries of all on board were drowned in wind, And wind in thunder drowned; With useless sails upwound.

2. To wind up (a mechanism).

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Transitive

   Examples

   Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.

Adjective

1. towards the side exposed to wind

   Synonyms

   weather

Adverb

1. away from the wind

   Synonyms

   leeward

   Antonyms

   downwind

   Examples

   they were sailing leeward

2. in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing

   Synonyms

   against the windinto the wind

   Antonyms

   downwind

   Examples

   they flew upwind