UPWIND


Meaning of UPWIND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌpwɪnd ]

If something moves upwind , it moves in the opposite direction to the wind. If something is upwind , the wind is blowing away from it.

...riding a bike upwind...

The rich went to live in the west of London, upwind of the smell of people and industry.

≠ downwind

ADV : ADV after v , be ADV , oft ADV of n

Upwind is also an adjective.

...big trees at the forest’s upwind edge.

ADJ : ADJ n

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