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close-winded

close-winded adjective: sailing close to the wind.

Adjective

close-winded (comparative more close-winded, superlative most close-winded)

  1. Sailing close to the wind

Forms of close-winded

comparativemore close-winded
superlativemost close-winded

Questions about close-winded

What does close-winded mean?
Close-winded means sailing close to the wind.
What part of speech is close-winded?
Close-winded is an adjective.

Words near close-winded in the dictionary

  1. close-tongued
  2. close-up
  3. close-up lens
  4. close-up lenses
  5. close-ups
  6. close-winded
  7. closeability
  8. closeable
  9. Closeburn
  10. closeby
  11. closed

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