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Upwind   Listen
adjective
upwind  adj.  Being or moving in the direction from which the wind is blowing.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Upwind" Quotes from Famous Books



... little egrets, were rather awkward; while the tricolors were the most skilful, sometimes nose-diving, with a sudden flattening out just in time to reach out and grasp a branch. Once or twice, when a fitful breeze blew at sunset, I had a magnificent exhibition of aeronautics. The birds came upwind slowly, beating their way obliquely but steadily, long legs stretched out far behind the tail and swinging pendulum-like whenever a shift of ballast was needed. They apparently did not realize the unevenness of the wind, for when they backed air, ready to descend, ...
— Edge of the Jungle • William Beebe



Words linked to "Upwind" :   against the wind, leeward, windward, downwind



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