Downwind

Pronunciation

• Canada IPA: /ËŒdaÊŠnˈwɪnd/

Origin

- + wind

Full definition of downwind

Adverb

1. in the same direction as the wind is blowing
• 1888: Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.
2. (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
• I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.

Antonyms

• upwind

Anagrams

• wind down