windward as a noun: - 1
- 2
as an adjective: - 1
as a adverb: - 1
windward
noun
1 windward
The direction from which the wind is coming.
2 windward
The side of something that is toward the wind.
adjective
1 windward
On the side exposed to the wind.
Polish: nawietrzny
adverb
1 windward
Toward the wind:
— They were sailing windward.
synonym: downwind.
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windwards
adverb
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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