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windward
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun windward has 2 senses
- windward(n = noun.linkdef) Array - the direction from which the wind is coming; Array is a kind of direction
- windward(n = noun.location) Array - the side of something that is toward the wind; Array is a kind of face, side
has particulars: to windward, weather side, weatherboard, windward side
Antonym: leeward
Antonym: leeward
Adjective windward has 1 sense
- windward(a = adj.all) Array - on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands" Antonym: leeward
Adverbial windward has 1 sense
- windward(r = adv.all) downwind - away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" Antonym: leeward
CIDE DICTIONARY
windward, n.
The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward . [1913 Webster]
windward, a.
Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands. [1913 Webster]
windward, adv.
Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
windward, adj., adv., & n.
--adj. & adv. on the side from which the wind is blowing (opp. LEEWARD).
--n. the windward region, side, or direction (to windward; on the windward of).
--adj. & adv. on the side from which the wind is blowing (opp. LEEWARD).
--n. the windward region, side, or direction (to windward; on the windward of).
Idiom
get to windward of
1 place oneself there to avoid the smell of.
2 gain an advantage over.
1 place oneself there to avoid the smell of.
2 gain an advantage over.
THESAURUS
windward
alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, leeward, leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weather deck, weather helm, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather wheel, weatherboard, weatherward, widdershins, windward ebb, windward flood
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