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Windward Common

Windward has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Noun
1

the direction from which the wind is coming

2

the side of something that is toward the wind

3

The direction from which the wind blows.

Adjective
1

on the side exposed to the wind

"the windward islands"

2

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Adverb
1

toward the wind

"they were sailing windward"

2

In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

See Also
trip luff board tack claw off weather anchor waterboard bear down
Related Terms
Antonyms
leeward lee upwind
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
direction side
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
windward side
Rhyming Words
ard card pard sard hard nard fard gard yard ward dard tard bard mard beard heard sward alard izard ecard
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