upwind

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Adjective

upwind

1. exposed to the wind

Adverb

upwind

1. in the direction from which the wind is blowing

Antonyms

• downwind

Verb

upwind (upwinds, present participle upwinding; past and past participle upwound)

1. (transitive, archaic) To wind upwards.
   • , The Tempest

     The cries of all on board were drowned in wind,
     And wind in thunder drowned;
     With useless sails upwound.

2. (transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism).
   • , The Disturbing Element, Or, Chronicles of the Blue-Bell Society

     Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.

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