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Definition of "up-wind" [up•-wind]

  • Against the wind; toward the direction from which the wind is blowing. (adverb)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "up-wind" in a sentence
  • "Either way - you should avoid putting your scent up-wind of the deer's expected path of travel."
  • "Guides: putting a loudmouth know-it-all in a run, and asking that person to cast up-wind into a 30 mph breeze with a double weighted nymph rig (humility training 101) ... naughty."
  • "At one point, the three whales came up on the up-wind side of the boat and spouted - exhaled actually."