• Windward

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈwɪndwÉ™d/
    • UK nautical IPA: /ˈwɪnÉ™d/

    Origin

    wind + -ward

    Full definition of windward

    Adjective

    windward

    1. Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
    2. On the side exposed to the wind.

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    Adverb

    windward

    1. In a direction from which the wind blows, against the wind.''We beat our way windward.

    Noun

    windward

    1. The direction from which the wind blows.
      • 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years before the MastA 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.
    2. The side receiving the wind's force.
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