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down the wind

down the wind prepositional phrase: in the direction of, and moving with, the wind.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In the direction of, and moving with, the wind.
    • Birds fly swiftly down the wind.

Questions about down the wind

What does down the wind mean?
Down the wind means in the direction of, and moving with, the wind.
What part of speech is down the wind?
Down the wind is a prepositional phrase.

Words near down the wind in the dictionary

  1. down the toilet
  2. down the track
  3. down the tube
  4. down the tubes
  5. down the way
  6. down the wind
  7. down there
  8. down time
  9. down times
  10. down to
  11. down to a fine art

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