upwind
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English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
upwind (comparative more upwind, superlative most upwind)
Adverb
upwind (comparative more upwind, superlative most upwind)
Antonyms
Etymology 2
From Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- + wind (verb).
Pronunciation
Verb
upwind (third-person singular simple present upwinds, present participle upwinding, simple past and past participle upwound)
- (transitive, archaic) To wind upwards.
- 1756, William Jay Smith, The Tempest:
- The cries of all on board were drowned in wind,
And wind in thunder drowned;
With useless sails upwound.
- (transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism).
- 1878, Charlotte Mary Yonge, 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.