1. downwind - Adverb
2. downwind - Adjective Satellite
towards the side away from the wind
with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing
toward the wind
Source: WordNetthey flew downwind Source: Internet
they were sailing windward Source: Internet
An uncontrolled jibe can happen suddenly by itself when sailing downwind if the helmsperson is not paying attention to the wind direction and can be very dangerous as the main boom will sweep across the cockpit very quickly and with great force. Source: Internet
All 113 passengers and 11 crew members died in the disaster, which was attributed to extreme clear air turbulence caused by lee waves downwind of the mountain. Source: Internet
Finally, an eruption cloud deposited ash as far as convert downwind to the northeast and east. citationretrieved 2009-03-31 Historical activity Steam plume rising from Sherman Crater, December 1999. Source: Internet
On Monday, a westerly breeze spared most of them the stink of hog manure that radiates from the slaughterhouse and its wastewater lagoons, but Juan Ventura’s home is downwind. Source: Internet