upwind

Adjective

upwind (not generally comparable, comparative further upwind or farther upwind or more upwind, superlative furthest upwind or farthest upwind or most upwind)

1. (not comparable, usually) Exposed to the wind.

Adverb

upwind (not generally comparable, comparative further upwind or farther upwind or more upwind, superlative furthest upwind or farthest upwind or most upwind)

1. (not comparable, usually) In the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Verb

IPA/ʌpˈwaɪnd/

upwind (third-person singular simple present upwinds, present participle upwinding, simple past and past participle upwound)

1. (archaic, transitive) To wind upwards.
   • The cries of all on board were drowned in wind,
     And wind in thunder drowned;
     With useless sails upwound.1756, William Jay Smith, The Tempest
2. (archaic, transitive) To wind up (a mechanism).
   • Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Disturbing Element, Or, Chronicles of the Blue-Bell Society