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wind-swept

[ wind-swept ]
/ ˈwɪndˌswɛpt /
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adjective

open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.

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RELATED WORDS

cold, bitter, wet, chilly, damp, freezing, chill, biting, bleak, breezy, piercing, windy

Nearby words

  1. wind-down,
  2. wind-pollinated,
  3. wind-screen,
  4. wind-shaken,
  5. wind-sucking,
  6. windable,
  7. windage,
  8. windaus,
  9. windaus, adolf,
  10. windbag

Origin of wind-swept

First recorded in 1805–15
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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