downwind

Speech parts

1. downwind - Adverb

2. downwind - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

towards the side away from the wind

with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing

toward the wind

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Synonyms

lee leeward windward linnet wind descend aft ditch windy agitated breeze alight alee clockwise windmill
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Antonyms

upwind windward leeward still weather headwind
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Phrases with the word

bear downwind downwind side

Anagrams

winddown

Examples

they 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

Close letter words and terms

downwell downwelling downwelling current downwind side downwinder downy