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Meaning of UPWIND

Pronunciation:  'up`wind

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"
  2. [adv]  toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
  3. [adj]  towards the side exposed to wind
 
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 Synonyms: against the wind, into the wind, leeward, weather(a), windward
 
 Antonyms: downwind, windward, with the wind
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Up*wind"\, v. t.
To wind up. --Spenser.
 

 

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