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windward en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪnə(ɹ)d/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪndwə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English windward From wind + -ward.

Meanings

1. Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
   • The windward boat must give way to the leeward boat.
2. On the side exposed to the wind.
   • the windward bedroom
3. (figuratively) In a position of advantage or superiority.
   • […] but while they own what G. Fox hath written, and that he writ it with a perfect spirit: I say untill they do make some Recantation or Retractation: or shew the Reasons why they doe not, H. Norton who keeps more plainly to his Principles is to windward of them, and the Foxians do but strip themselves naked to be more derided and scorned as the more notorious Juglers and Dissemblers . 1872, Publications of the Narragansett Club: George Fox digg'd out of his burrowes, page 257:

Forms

Antonyms

leeward

Deriveds

Windward Islands · Windward Antilles

Synonyms

aweather · upwind · aweather

Translations (34)

scn straventu (towards the wind) · nb lo (towards the wind) · bg наве́трен (towards the wind) · he בְּצַד הַגְלִי (towards the wind) · el προσήνεμος (towards the wind) · fr au vent (towards the wind) · tr rüzgârüstü (towards the wind) · uk противі́тряний (towards the wind) · nrf au vent (towards the wind) · nl loefzijdig (towards the wind) · pt de barlavento (towards the wind) · cmn 上風 /上风 (towards the wind) · ru наве́тренный (towards the wind) · it sopravento (towards the wind) · cs návětrný (towards the wind) · de windwärts gelegen (towards the wind) · nl loefwaarts (towards the wind) · tr rüzgâr yönünde (towards the wind) · ca sobrevent (towards the wind) · nl bovenwinds (towards the wind) · da luvart (towards the wind) · da luv (towards the wind) · de über dem Winde gelegen (towards the wind) · de im Wind gelegen (towards the wind) · fi tuulenpuoleinen (towards the wind) · es de barlovento (towards the wind) · de luvwärts gelegen (towards the wind) · fr à contre-vent (towards the wind) · de gegen den Wind gelegen (towards the wind) · da luvside (towards the wind) · pl nawietrzny (towards the wind) · tr rüzgâra doğru (towards the wind) · nb lovart (towards the wind) · nl windwaarts (towards the wind)

windward en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪnə(ɹ)d/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪndwə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English windward From wind + -ward.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.
   • We beat our way windward.

Forms

Deriveds

lay an anchor to the windward · windward of the law · eat to windward

Translations (13)

it sopravento (towards the wind) · ru против ветра (towards the wind) · de gegen den Wind (towards the wind) · el προσηνέμως (towards the wind) · uk про́ти ві́тру (towards the wind) · de luvwärts (towards the wind) · sv lovart (towards the wind) · es a barlovento (towards the wind) · sl privetrje (towards the wind) · de windwärts (towards the wind) · de im Wind (towards the wind) · bg срещу́ вя́търа (towards the wind) · de über dem Winde (towards the wind)

windward en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪnə(ɹ)d/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈwɪndwə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English windward From wind + -ward.

Meanings

1. The direction from which the wind blows.
   • A vessel has the weather gage of another when she is to windward of her. A weatherly ship is one that works well to windward, making but little leeway. 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years before the Mast:
   • To shield our tent from hurricane-force winds, we built a wall of snow blocks to windward, cutting the blocks with one of the catamaran's paddles. 1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592:
2. The side receiving the wind's force.

Forms

Relateds

weather gauge

Translations (9)

pt barlavento (towards the wind) · pl nawietrzna (towards the wind) · es barlovento (towards the wind) · it sopravento (towards the wind) · de Luv (towards the wind) · sv lovart (towards the wind) · sh vjetromètina (towards the wind) · mk ветромет (towards the wind) · he צַד הַגְלִי (towards the wind)