downwind

3 definitions found

downwind - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Down-wind \Down"-wind`\, adv.
     With the wind.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  downwind \down"wind\ adj.
     on the side or in the direction away from the direction from
     which the wind is blowing; in the direction toward which the
     wind is blowing; as, good hunters stay downwind of their
     prey. Opposite of upwind, and windward.
  
     Syn: lee(prenominal), leeward.
          [WordNet 1.5]

downwind - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  downwind
      adv 1: with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing;
             "they flew downwind" [ant: against the wind, into the  wind
             , upwind]
      2: away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" [syn:
         windward, downwind] [ant: leeward, upwind]
      adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind,
             lee(a)]