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wind-rode

wind-rode adjective: caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.

Adjective

wind-rode (not comparable)

  1. Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
    • If she is in a situation where she cannot be brought to an anchor, let go her lee anchor, which will swing her wind-rode, and relieve her from the strength of the wind1822, Thomas Arnold, The American Practical Lunarian

wind-rode meaning in Tamil

wind-rode in Tamil

நங்கூர இணை நீர்க்கலம்

Questions about wind-rode

What does wind-rode mean?
Wind-rode means caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.
What is wind-rode in Tamil?
Wind-rode in Tamil is நங்கூர இணை நீர்க்கலம். See Wind-rode meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wind-rode?
Wind-rode is an adjective.

Words near wind-rode in the dictionary

  1. wind-holds
  2. wind-lashed
  3. wind-mill
  4. wind-mills
  5. wind-proof
  6. wind-rode
  7. wind-stream
  8. wind-streams
  9. wind-sucker
  10. wind-suckers
  11. wind-swept

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