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windward
/ ˈwɪndwəd /
adjective
- of, in, or moving to the quarter from which the wind blows
- to windward ofto windward of advantageously situated with respect to
noun
- the windward point
- the side towards the wind
adverb
- towards the wind
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Other Words From
- windward·ness noun
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Idioms and Phrases
- to windward, in a position of vantage: Also to the windward.
We got to windward of the difficulty.
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Example Sentences
He is renting a home on Oahu’s windward side but, like many other lower-income applicants on the waitlist, he and his family have spent time homeless.
A bird who finds himself on the huddle’s windward side is soon driven to relocate to its warmer, leeward side.
As more birds leave the windward side, penguins in the center soon find themselves exposed.
Wind flow and temperature around the huddle prompt a first penguin — typically the coldest on the windward side — to relocate.
Archie Carr, The Windward Road: Adventures of a Naturalist On Remote Caribbean Shores—The title tells you a lot, but not enough.
I have heard Joe say that small shot couldn't have hit you very much harder than the drift when you looked to windward.
Without her powerful engines to tow it to windward of the wrecks the lifeboat would be much, very much, less useful than it is.
The hawser was slipped as he spoke; the lifeboat was hauled slowly but steadily to windward up to her anchor.
They found their way up on to the windward side of the promenade, which was absolutely deserted.
It was no easy thing to hold the yacht on its course, even with no sail to drive it up to windward.
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