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[syn: windward, downwind]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Windward \Wind"ward\, n.
The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to
the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
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To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression,
signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures
for success or security.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Windward \Wind"ward\, a.
Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the
Windward Islands.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Windward \Wind"ward\, adv.
Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
windward
adv 1: away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" [syn:
windward, downwind] [ant: leeward, upwind]
adj 1: on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands"
[ant: leeward]
n 1: the direction from which the wind is coming [ant:
leeward]
2: the side of something that is toward the wind [ant: lee,
lee side, leeward]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "windward":
alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise,
downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward,
landward, lateral, lee, leeward, leftward, next-beside, rightward,
seaward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway,
sideways, sidewise, skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind,
weather, weather deck, weather helm, weather sheet, weather side,
weather tack, weather wheel, weatherboard, weatherward,
widdershins, windward ebb, windward flood