upwind
toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing: The hunters stalked upwind.
moving or situated toward or in the direction from which the wind is blowing: an upwind leap; the upwind portions of the aircraft.
a wind that blows against one's course or up a slope.
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How to use upwind in a sentence
At one point, the owner of a neighboring farm spread manure on the field upwind, suffusing the area with its stench for days.
How Scotland forged a rare alliance between amateur treasure hunters and archaeologists | Corinne Iozzio | August 24, 2021 | Popular-Science“When we’re done, it will be like this well was never here,” Shuck said, standing upwind as cement was pumped hundreds of feet down, through a series of pipes stuck in the 7½-inch-wide hole like a straw in a juice box.
The whalers’ observations from the time suggest that they may have also been escaping upwind or attacking the whaling boats.
Sperm whales have a surprisingly deep—and useful—culture | Ellie Shechet | March 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBlocks of snow were cut and arranged in a semicircle, within which the tent was laid with its peak upwind.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonI was the upwind wheeler and had to hitch on to the side of the sledge to reduce the leeway as much as possible.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
The sail was up and, while braking the load upwind, I slipped and fell, allowing the sledge to collide with a large sastruga.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonTen minutes later he started the motor, and headed upwind into the haze over the hills.
Bear Trap | Alan Edward NourseSmoke from the flung bomb upwind barely swirled around him and missed Maril altogether.
Pariah Planet | Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for upwind
/ (ˈʌpˈwɪnd) /
into or against the wind
towards or on the side where the wind is blowing; windward
going against the wind: the upwind leg of the course
on the windward side: the upwind side of the house has weathered
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