"upwind" meaning in All languages combined

See upwind on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈwɪnd/ Audio: En-us-upwind.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upwind1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more upwind [comparative], most upwind [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnd Etymology: up- + wind Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|wind}} up- + wind Head templates: {{en-adj}} upwind (comparative more upwind, superlative most upwind)
  1. exposed to the wind Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-upwind-en-adj-DNa0g46n Disambiguation of Wind: 30 18 21 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈwɪnd/ Audio: En-us-upwind.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upwind1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more upwind [comparative], most upwind [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnd Etymology: up- + wind Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|wind}} up- + wind Head templates: {{en-adv}} upwind (comparative more upwind, superlative most upwind)
  1. in the direction from which the wind is blowing Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-upwind-en-adv-oTmaNth2 Disambiguation of Wind: 30 18 21 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈwaɪnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upwind2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: upwinds [present, singular, third-person], upwinding [participle, present], upwound [participle, past], upwound [past]
Rhymes: -aɪnd Etymology: From Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- + wind (verb). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upwinden}} Middle English upwinden, {{prefix|en|up|wind|pos2=verb}} up- + wind (verb) Head templates: {{en-verb|upwinds|upwinding|upwound}} upwind (third-person singular simple present upwinds, present participle upwinding, simple past and past participle upwound)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To wind upwards. Tags: archaic, transitive Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-upwind-en-verb-gt3ts7Ul Disambiguation of Wind: 30 18 21 31
  2. (transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism). Tags: archaic, transitive Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-upwind-en-verb-rl-ms~Ur Disambiguation of Wind: 30 18 21 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 12 6 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 13 7 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 13 7 58 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 13 11 8 68 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 15 11 10 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wind up (a mechanism)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wind up",
          "wind up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌpˈwaɪnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪnd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upwind2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-upwind2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-upwind2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-upwind2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-upwind2.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "upwind"
  ],
  "word": "upwind"
}

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