close to the wind as a adverb: - 1
close to the wind
adverb
1 close to the wind
Nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming.
Roget 278:
towards;
on the road,
on the high road to;
en avant;
versus,
to;
hither,
thither,
whither;
directly;
straight as an arrow,
forwards as an arrow;
point blank;
in a bee line to,
in a direct line to,
as the crow flies,
in a straight line to,
in a bee line for,
in a direct line for,
in a straight line for,
in a bee line with,
in a direct line with,
in a straight line with;
in a line with;
full tilt at,
as the crow flies.
before the wind,
near the wind,
close to the wind,
against the wind;
windwards,
in the wind's eye.
through,
via,
by way of;
in all directions,
in all manner of ways;
quaquaversum [Lat.],
from the four winds.
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