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headwinding

headwinding is the present participle of headwind.

Meaning of headwind

Verb

headwind (third-person singular simple present headwinds, present participle headwinding, simple past and past participle headwinded)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To blow directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
  2. (idiomatic, uncommon) To impede or reverse progress.

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Questions about headwinding

What is headwinding the present participle of?
Headwinding is the present participle of headwind.

Words near headwinding in the dictionary

  1. headwheels
  2. headwidth
  3. headwidths
  4. headwind
  5. headwinded
  6. headwinding
  7. headwinds
  8. headwings
  9. headwoman
  10. headword
  11. headwords

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headwinding (page history and authors); headwind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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