"windswept" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more windswept [comparative], most windswept [superlative]
Etymology: wind + swept Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wind|swept}} wind + swept Head templates: {{en-adj}} windswept (comparative more windswept, superlative most windswept)
  1. Exposed to the winds. Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms: wind-swept Related terms: storm-swept Translations (exposed to wind): λεπώδης (lepṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), tuulenpieksemä (Finnish), battu par les vents (French), széljárta (Hungarian), szeles (Hungarian), whakapūangiangi (Maori), vindpinad (Swedish), lộng gió (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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