Don't stand downwind of her after a game.
Source: tatoeba (8985214)
Downwind
//ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd//
Synonyms for "downwind" (16 found)
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Translations
14 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- alatuuleen adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
- alatuulessa adv (positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind)
- myötätuuleen adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
German
4 entries- in Windrichtung adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
- mit dem Wind adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
- unter dem Winde adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
- vor dem Wind adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
Italian
1 entries- sottovento adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
Portuguese
1 entries- sotavento adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
Spanish
2 entries- a sotavento adv (in the same direction as the wind is blowing)
- a sotavento adv (positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind)
Thai
1 entries- ใต้ลม adv (positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.
Source: wiktionary
The six birds on their downwind leg have already started to get their "gear down," meaning they have partially rotated their legs forward in a position that will be vertical by the moment of touch down.
Source: wiktionary
I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.
Source: wiktionary
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