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leeward

/ˈliːwəd/US/ˈliwɚd/

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leeward adjective: on the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

Adjective

leeward (comparative more leeward, superlative most leeward or leewardmost)

  1. On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
    Synonyms:
    downwind

Adverb

leeward (comparative more leeward, superlative most leeward)

  1. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.
    • Some hours after midnight, the Typhoon abated so much, that through the strenuous exertions of Starbuck and Stubb—one engaged forward and the other aft—the shivered remnants of the jib and fore and main-top-sails were cut adrift from the spars, and went eddying away to leeward, like the feathers of...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 23, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
    • No lady goat is safe from criminal assault, even on the Sabbath Day, when there is a genteman goat within three miles to leeward of her and nothing in the way but a fence fourteen feet high[…]ca. 1909, Mark Twain, ;;Letters from the Earth Letter VIII

leeward meaning in Tamil and Urdu

leeward in Tamil

நிழற்பக்கம், காற்றுமறைவுப்பக்கம்

leeward in Urdu

زیرباد

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Forms of leeward

Adjective
comparativemore leeward
superlativemost leeward
superlativeleewardmost
Adverb
comparativemore leeward
superlativemost leeward

Origin of leeward

From lee (“side away from the wind”) + -ward (“direction”).

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Questions about leeward

What does leeward mean?
Leeward means on the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
What is leeward in Tamil?
Leeward in Tamil is நிழற்பக்கம், காற்றுமறைவுப்பக்கம். See Leeward meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is leeward?
Leeward can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce leeward?
Leeward is pronounced /ˈliːwəd/ (UK).

Words near leeward in the dictionary

  1. leeuwendaalder
  2. leeuwendaalders
  3. Leeuwenhoekian
  4. leeve
  5. Leeville
  6. leeward
  7. Leeward Antilles
  8. Leeward Caribbean Creole English
  9. Leeward Caribbean English Creole
  10. Leeward Islander
  11. Leeward Islanders

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