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sidewind

sidewind verb: to move sideways, especially in a series of S-shaped curves.

Verb

sidewind (third-person singular simple present sidewinds, present participle sidewinding, simple past and past participle sidewinded or sidewound)

  1. (intransitive) To move sideways, especially in a series of S-shaped curves.
    • The year is 1837, and the Cuyahoga is the sidewinding river separating the empire of Cleveland from the more rough-hewn frontier town of Ohio City.2020 October 6, Stephen Markley, “Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2020

Noun

sidewind (plural sidewinds)

  1. A wind blowing from the side.

Forms of sidewind

Verb
third-person singular presentsidewinds
present participlesidewinding
past participlesidewinded
pastsidewinded
past participlesidewound
pastsidewound
Noun
pluralsidewinds

Origin of sidewind

From side + wind.

Questions about sidewind

What does sidewind mean?
Sidewind means to move sideways, especially in a series of S-shaped curves.
What part of speech is sidewind?
Sidewind can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of sidewind?
The past tense of sidewind is sidewinded.

Words near sidewind in the dictionary

  1. sidewheeler
  2. sidewheelers
  3. sidewheels
  4. sidewhiskered
  5. sidewhiskers
  6. sidewind
  7. sidewinded
  8. sidewinder
  9. sidewindered
  10. sidewindering
  11. sidewinders

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