Definitions for upwind

• Definition
• Anagrams (67)

upwind up·wind

Spelling: [adverb, adjective uhp-wind; noun Upwind is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in upwind (dinpuw).

Definitions for upwind

noun

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

adverb

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

adjective

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

Origin of upwind

First recorded in 1830-40; up- + wind¹

Examples for upwind

upwind, not in order to prevent the Prairie-dog smelling her, but so that she could smell him, which came to the same thing.

He generally tries to get away in the direction of the disturbance, or upwind, as the case may be.

In the beginning he rushes, upwind in instinctive reaction against the strange scent.

The Tower of London, upwind of the fire, was saved by blowing up surrounding buildings.

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

He sneaked toward them upwind in order that he might still smell them, and it also kept them from smelling him.

What had aroused him, at that distance and upwind, I do not know.

If the menace was upwind and within reasonable distance, his nose detected it.