upwind

From up- + wind.

• IPA^(key): /ʌpˈwɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnd

upwind (not generally comparable, comparative further upwind or farther upwind or more upwind, superlative furthest upwind or farthest upwind or most upwind)

1. exposed to the wind

upwind (not generally comparable, comparative further upwind or farther upwind or more upwind, superlative furthest upwind or farthest upwind or most upwind)

1. in the direction from which the wind is blowing

• downwind

From Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- +‎ wind (verb).

• IPA^(key): /ʌpˈwaɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

upwind (third-person singular simple present upwinds, present participle upwinding, simple past and past participle upwound)

1. (transitive, archaic) To wind upwards.
   • 1756, William Jay Smith, The Tempest:

     The cries of all on board were drowned in wind,
     And wind in thunder drowned;
     With useless sails upwound.

2. (transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism).
   • 1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Disturbing Element, Or, Chronicles of the Blue-Bell Society:

     Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.

• wind up, wind-up, windup