windblown

[wind-blohn]

adjective

1. blown by the wind.

   windblown hair.

2. (of trees) growing in a certain shape because of strong prevailing winds.

3. (of a hairstyle) bobbed short, with the ends combed toward the forehead.

windblown

/ ˈwɪndˌbləʊn /

adjective

1. blown by the wind

2. (of a woman's hair style) cut short and combed to look as though it has been dishevelled by the wind

3. (of trees, shrubs, etc) growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds

4. (of trees) felled by the wind

Word History and Origins

Origin of windblown¹

First recorded in 1585–95; wind ¹ + blown ¹

Example Sentences

Some of the fences were missing, and the Herding Machine was broken, but the cows promised not to wander off, and they began grazing on the windblown grass.

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Along the dry shorelines, windblown dust contributes to harmful air pollution in low-income, predominantly Latino communities, where people suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses at high rates.

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Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the debris removal and disposal, says its contractors are using water to prevent any windblown dust as they remove and haul wreckage from burned-down properties.

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Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading fires that were ignited by windblown embers.

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And while sometimes it’s easy to see a pile of toxic ash on your window, often windblown ash particles are too small to see with the naked eye.

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