WINDWARD
\wˈɪndwəd], \wˈɪndwəd], \w_ˈɪ_n_d_w_ə_d]\
Definitions of WINDWARD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
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Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
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The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; - opposed to leeward.
By Oddity Software
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Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
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The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; - opposed to leeward.
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Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Islands.
By Noah Webster.
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The direction from which the wind blows: opposite to leeward.
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On the side toward the point from which the wind blows: ads toward the wind.
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Toward the wind.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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The point from which the wind blows.
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Being on the side toward the point from which the wind blows.
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Toward the wind. To lay an anchor to windward, to adopt previous measures for success or security.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Being on the side exposed to the wind.
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The direction from which the wind blows.
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In the direction from which the wind blows.
By James Champlin Fernald
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