west wind
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1.6
- noun
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viento del oeste
- It was three o'clock when Amor fluttered through the shutters, through which a cooling west wind blew over the slumbering women friends.
- west wind blows
- west wind moves
Examples
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The snow stopped, and the west wind was blowing and would have chilled them to the bones if they had not drunk a lot of liquor.
Fiction book (1994) -
The west wind rattled the linden branches against the window panes outside.
Fiction book (1991) -
Can you remember the west wind coming off the Atlantic.
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During fishing time, when you get a south and west wind, it's warmer.
Academic text (2007) -
The west wind whistles around my ears.
Academic text (2001) -
A west wind had swept the clouds far inland to the gentle hills beyond the city of Bordeaux.
Blog text (2) -
Alone on the crag, Psyche felt Zephyr, the West wind, gently lifting her into the air.
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In his memory, the camp should be around the next outcrop of weathered granite, back in a cove where it caught the southern sun in winter and avoided the brunt of the west wind.
Fiction book (1992) -
A cold west wind meets us in the Red Sea; the passengers get out their furs, and there is no more lounging on deck—one must walk briskly or sit in the sun wrapped in rugs.
Blog text (22) -
The west wind rattled the linden branches against the window panes outside.
Synonyms
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3.6
A wind that blows from the west
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9.9
A wind that blows from the west toward the east
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6.1
A wind that usually blows from the west in regions with mild weather
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a wind that blows from the west' is directly derivable from combining 'west' (compass point) and 'wind' (moving air); the noun-noun composition follows ordinary English composition rules. This is a cross-linguistically common concept, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
West wind comes from a simple picture: a wind that blows from the west across the land or sea. People noticed a west wind often brings cooler air or rain, so the name came to mean 'a wind that blows from the west toward the east' and the weather it brings.