Search Result for "windward":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. the direction from which the wind is coming;
2. the side of something that is toward the wind;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. on the side exposed to the wind;
- Example: "the windward islands"
ADVERB (1)
1. away from the wind;
- Example: "they were sailing windward"
[syn: windward, downwind]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Windward \Wind"ward\, adv. Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows. [1913 Webster]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. [1913 Webster] To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security. [1913 Webster]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. [1913 Webster]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
