[syn: windward, downwind]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Down-wind \Down"-wind`\, adv.
With the wind.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
downwind \down"wind\ adj.
on the side or in the direction away from the direction from
which the wind is blowing; in the direction toward which the
wind is blowing; as, good hunters stay downwind of their
prey. Opposite of upwind, and windward.
Syn: lee(prenominal), leeward.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
downwind
adv 1: with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing;
"they flew downwind" [ant: against the wind, into the
wind, upwind]
2: away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" [syn:
windward, downwind] [ant: leeward, upwind]
adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind,
lee(a)]