downwind English

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What does downwind mean?

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downwind Preposition

— If mathx/math is downwind of mathy/math, the air is moving from mathy/math to mathx/math. Our house was downwind of the factory and the smell was terrible. If you don't want the animals to know you're there, you should stay downwind.

downwind

— adverb with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing they flew downwind

— adjective towards the side away from the wind

— adverb (= windward) away from the wind they were sailing windward

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downwind English » English

leeward

windward

lee

large

downwash

downward current