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Upwind Common

Upwind has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Verb
1

To wind upwards.

Adjective
1

towards the side exposed to wind

2

exposed to the wind

Adverb
1

away from the wind

"they were sailing leeward"

2

in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing

"they flew upwind"

3

in the direction from which the wind is blowing

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