downwind
in the same direction as the wind is blowing
Adverb
- in the same direction as the wind is blowing
- ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper. - 1888, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills:
- The six birds on their downwind leg have already started to get their "gear down," meaning they have partially rotated their legs forward in a position that will be vertical by the moment of touch down. - 2021, Peter...
- positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
- I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.
- in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern
Origin
Etymology tree English down- English wind English downwind From down- + wind.
Forms
further downwind farther downwind more downwind furthest downwind farthest downwind most downwind