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upwind en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ʌpˈwɪnd/

Etymology

Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English upwind From up- + wind.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) Exposed to the wind.

Forms

upwind en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio
• /ʌpˈwɪnd/

Etymology

Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English upwind From up- + wind.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) In the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Forms

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upwind en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /ʌpˈwaɪnd/

Etymology

From Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- + wind (verb).

Meanings

1. (archaic, transitive) To wind upwards.
   • The cries of all on board were drowned in wind, And wind in thunder drowned; With useless sails upwound. 1756, William Jay Smith, The Tempest:
2. (archaic, transitive) To wind up (a mechanism).
   • Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round. 1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Disturbing Element, Or, Chronicles of the Blue-Bell Society:

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