Parts facing the oncoming flow are said to be windward, and parts facing away from the flow are said to be leeward.
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Windward
//ˈwɪndwə(ɹ)d//
Synonyms for "windward" (49 found)
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54 translations across 24 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- sobrevent adj (towards the wind)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 上風 /上风 adj (towards the wind)
Czech
1 entries- návětrný adj (towards the wind)
Danish
3 entries- luv adj (towards the wind)
- luvart adj (towards the wind)
- luvside adj (towards the wind)
Dutch
4 entries- bovenwinds adj (towards the wind)
- loefwaarts adj (towards the wind)
- loefzijdig adj (towards the wind)
- windwaarts adj (towards the wind)
Finnish
1 entries- tuulenpuoleinen adj (towards the wind)
French
2 entries- au vent adj (towards the wind)
- à contre-vent adj (towards the wind)
German
4 entries- gegen den Wind gelegen adj (towards the wind)
- im Wind gelegen adj (towards the wind)
- luvwärts gelegen adj (towards the wind)
- windwärts gelegen adj (towards the wind)
Greek
2 entries- προσήνεμος adj (towards the wind)
- προσηνέμως adv (towards the wind)
Hebrew
2 entries- בְּצַד הַגְלִי adj (towards the wind)
- צַד הַגְלִי noun (towards the wind)
Italian
3 entries- sopravento adj (towards the wind)
- sopravento adv (towards the wind)
- sopravento noun (towards the wind)
Macedonian
1 entries- ветромет noun (towards the wind)
Norman
1 entries- au vent adj (towards the wind)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lo adj (towards the wind)
- lovart adj (towards the wind)
Polish
2 entries- nawietrzny adj (towards the wind)
- nawietrzna noun (towards the wind)
Portuguese
2 entries- de barlavento adj (towards the wind)
- barlavento noun (towards the wind)
Russian
2 entries- наве́тренный adj (towards the wind)
- против ветра adv (towards the wind)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- vjetromètina noun (towards the wind)
Sicilian
1 entries- straventu adj (towards the wind)
Slovene
1 entries- privetrje adv (towards the wind)
Spanish
3 entries- de barlovento adj (towards the wind)
- a barlovento adv (towards the wind)
- barlovento noun (towards the wind)
Swedish
2 entries- lovart adv (towards the wind)
- lovart noun (towards the wind)
Turkish
3 entries- rüzgâr yönünde adj (towards the wind)
- rüzgâra doğru adj (towards the wind)
- rüzgârüstü adj (towards the wind)
Ukrainian
2 entries- противі́тряний adj (towards the wind)
- про́ти ві́тру adv (towards the wind)
Sample sentences
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There were icicles on the fences, a rime of silver on the windward bark of maples, and occasional bare spots on the rocky protuberances of the road, as if Nature had worn herself out at the knees and elbows through long waiting for the tardy spring.
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We learned to approach the campfire from the windward side to avoid the smoke.
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We pitched our tents on the windward side of the island to catch the cool ocean breeze.
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