'Upwind' definitions:
Definition of 'upwind'
(from WordNet)
adverb
adverb
In the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind" [syn: upwind, against the wind, into the wind] [ant: downwind]
adjective
Towards the side exposed to wind [syn: upwind, weather(a)]
Definition of 'Upwind'
From: GCIDE
- Upwind \Up*wind"\, v. t. To wind up. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'upwind'
From: GCIDE
- upwind \up"wind`\, a. being or moving in the direction from which the wind is blowing. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'upwind'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alee,
- alight,
- arise,
- ascend,
- aweather,
- come down,
- come in,
- come up,
- crash-land,
- curl upwards,
- descend,
- ditch,
- downwind,
- go up,
- grow up,
- land,
- leeward,
- level off,
- levitate,
- light,
- loom,
- mount,
- overshoot,
- pancake,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- rise up,
- settle down,
- spiral,
- spire,
- stand up,
- surge,
- swarm up,
- sweep up,
- talk down,
- to leeward,
- to windward,
- touch down,
- tower,
- up,
- upgo,
- upgrow,
- upheave,
- uprise,
- upspin,
- upstream,
- upsurge,
- upswarm,
- weatherward,
- windward