upwind

[ adverb adjective uhp-wind; noun uhp-wind ]

adverb

1. toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing:

   The hunters stalked upwind.

adjective

1. moving or situated toward or in the direction from which the wind is blowing:

   an upwind leap; the upwind portions of the aircraft.

noun

1. a wind that blows against one's course or up a slope.

upwind

/ ˈʌpˈwɪnd /

adverb

1. into or against the wind
2. towards or on the side where the wind is blowing; windward

adjective

1. going against the wind

   the upwind leg of the course

2. on the windward side

   the upwind side of the house has weathered

Word History and Origins

Origin of upwind¹

First recorded in 1830–40; up- + wind ¹

Example Sentences

At one point, the owner of a neighboring farm spread manure on the field upwind, suffusing the area with its stench for days.

From Popular-Science

“When we’re done, it will be like this well was never here,” Shuck said, standing upwind as cement was pumped hundreds of feet down, through a series of pipes stuck in the 7½-inch-wide hole like a straw in a juice box.

From Washington Post

The whalers’ observations from the time suggest that they may have also been escaping upwind or attacking the whaling boats.

From Popular-Science

Blocks of snow were cut and arranged in a semicircle, within which the tent was laid with its peak upwind.

From Project Gutenberg

I was the upwind wheeler and had to hitch on to the side of the sledge to reduce the leeway as much as possible.

From Project Gutenberg

The sail was up and, while braking the load upwind, I slipped and fell, allowing the sledge to collide with a large sastruga.

From Project Gutenberg

Ten minutes later he started the motor, and headed upwind into the haze over the hills.

From Project Gutenberg

Smoke from the flung bomb upwind barely swirled around him and missed Maril altogether.

From Project Gutenberg