windward
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- adjective
- /ˈwɪndwərd/
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barlovento
- Kaneohe is a windward embayment containing a sandbar and many patch and fringing reefs.
Examples
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On the windward coast, you can clearly see how the landscape changes due to constant exposure to the wind.
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A ship upwind or to windward had the advantage and was said to have the weather gauge.
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A ship upwind or to windward had the advantage and was said to have the weather gauge.
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That was his windward side, so presumably it was benumbed in the onslaught of air.
Fiction book (1991) -
Parallel mountain ranges, running northwest to southeast, determine Oahu's pattern of leeward and windward climate.
Academic text (1993) -
After five or six hymns, a few to a calypso beat, tides of camaraderie rose like windward winter waves.
Academic text (1998) -
The principal ecological factors influencing fisheries in the MHI include coastal currents, the breadth and steepness of the coastal platform, and differences in windward and leeward climate.
Academic text (1993) -
The windward side of the island is often lush and green due to the rainfall.
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Sailboats sailing windward require skill to navigate effectively against the wind.
Synonyms
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Moving toward where the wind comes from
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In the direction the wind comes from
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The side that faces the wind on a ship or land
A part of a ship or building that faces the wind
In the direction the wind is blowing
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A group of islands in the eastern Caribbean, including Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Martinique
A narrow sea channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea
A group of islands in the southeast Caribbean Sea that form the southern Lesser Antilles
How Exposed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The adjective windward comes from wind + ward, with ward meaning 'toward', as in toward or homeward. So something described as windward is on the side or facing the direction that the wind comes from.