upwind

American  

[uhp-wind, uhp-wind] / ˈʌpˈwɪnd, ˈʌpˌwɪnd /

adverb

1. toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing.

   The hunters stalked upwind.

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adjective

1. moving or situated toward or in the direction from which the wind is blowing.

   an upwind leap; the upwind portions of the aircraft.

noun

1. a wind that blows against one's course or up a slope.

upwind British  

/ ˈʌpˈwɪnd /

adverb

1. into or against the wind

2. towards or on the side where the wind is blowing; windward

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adjective

1. going against the wind

   the upwind leg of the course

2. on the windward side

   the upwind side of the house has weathered

Etymology

Origin of upwind

First recorded in 1830–40; up- + wind ¹

Example Sentences

Upwind states are often reluctant to cut cross-border pollution, said John Walke, the Natural Resources Defense Council’s clean air director, “because it requires them to crack down on homegrown plants.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

Upwind from the loudspeaker came ripped fragments of speech: "five minutes"�"one minute."

From Time Magazine Archive

Upwind Ged’s boat followed, shadow-speed against mage-craft, the rainy gale against them both.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Upwind, not in order to prevent the Prairie-dog smelling her, but so that she could smell him, which came to the same thing.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Seton, Ernest Thompson