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upwind |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Up-wind \Up"-wind`\, adv Against the wind. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upwind \Up*wind"\, v. t. To wind up --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: upwind adj : towards the side exposed to wind [syn: {weather(a)}] adv 1: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn: {leeward}] [ant: {windward}, {windward}] 2: in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind" [syn: {against the wind}, {into the wind}] [ant: {downwind}]
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