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How to use windward in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective, adverb, noun

Windward means towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. Example: “The windward boat must give way to the leeward boat.”

Examples of windward by meaning

adjectiveTowards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

  • The windward boat must give way to the leeward boat.

adjectiveOn the side exposed to the wind.

  • the windward bedroom

adverbIn a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

  • We beat our way windward.

nounThe direction from which the wind blows.

  • To shield our tent from hurricane-force winds, we built a wall of snow blocks to windward, cutting the blocks with one of the catamaran's paddles.1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 592

More sentences with windward

  • The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.From the entry set
  • A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.From the entry gauge
  • His code was the end justified the means with men who operated windward of the law.2006, Matt Braun, Westward of the Law, page 54. From the entry windward of the law
  • Why don't you haul your headsheet to windward and Starboard your tiller.1914, Happy Days: A Paper for Young and Old - Issues 1051-1100, page 33. From the entry headsheet
  • Some lost places at training events are worthwhile to enhance your reputation as a luffer—you can buy the poor windward boat a beer later!2018, Nick Craig, Tactics to Win. From the entry luffer
  • The pipeline stands at the windward of the “City of Eternal Spring” and upstream side of the “City of Water Shortage,” Kunming.2014, Yangtze River Delta Earth First!, “Environmental Group Events in Today's China”, in Alexander Reid Ross, editor, Grabbing Back…. From the entry Anning
  • If you turn toward the wind, the sail becomes undertrimmed, and the inside, or windward, telltale starts to rise and flutter as the flow is disturbed.2011, J. J. Isler, Peter Isler, Sailing For Dummies, page 245. From the entry telltale
  • But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about.1991, Guy Endore, Babouk: Voices of Resistance, page 70. From the entry gullible

Meaning of windward

  1. adjective Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
  2. adjective On the side exposed to the wind.
  3. adjective In a position of advantage or superiority.

Full definition of windward

Questions about windward in a sentence

How do you use windward in a sentence?
Windward is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “The windward boat must give way to the leeward boat.”
What is a short sentence with windward?
“the windward bedroom”
What does windward mean?
Windward means towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

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