[syn: upwind, against the wind, into the wind]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upwind \Up*wind"\, v. t.
To wind up. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Up-wind \Up"-wind`\, adv.
Against the wind; toward the direction from which the wind is
blowing.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
upwind \up"wind`\, a.
being or moving in the direction from which the wind is
blowing.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
upwind
adv 1: toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward" [syn:
leeward, upwind] [ant: downwind, windward]
2: in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is
blowing; "they flew upwind" [syn: upwind, against the
wind, into the wind] [ant: downwind]
adj 1: towards the side exposed to wind [syn: upwind,
weather(a)]