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What (who) is upwind - definition

POSITION RELATIVE TO WIND DIRECTION

Windward; Leeward; Downwind; Upwind; Lee side; Alee; Windward & leeward; Leeward side; Lee beam

Upwind

·vt To wind up.

upwind

If something moves upwind, it moves in the opposite direction to the wind. If something is upwind, the wind is blowing away from it.

...riding a bike upwind...

The rich went to live in the west of London, upwind of the smell of people and industry.

? downwind

ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, oft ADV of n

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Upwind is also an adjective.

...big trees at the forest's upwind edge.

ADJ: ADJ n

upwind

[?p'w?nd]

¦ adverb & adjective into the wind.

Wikipedia

Windward and leeward

In geography and seamanship, Windward () and leeward () are directions relative to the wind. Windward is upwind from the point of reference, i.e. towards the direction from which the wind is coming; leeward is downwind from the point of reference, i.e. along the direction towards which the wind is going.

The side of a ship that is towards the leeward is its "lee side". If the vessel is heeling under the pressure of crosswind, the lee side will be the "lower side". During the Age of Sail, the term weather was used as a synonym for windward in some contexts, as in the weather gage.

Since it captures rainfall, the windward side of a mountain tends to be more moist than the leeward side it blocks. Such a drier leeward area is called a rain shadow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward and leeward

Examples of use of upwind

1. The agency says its analyses show that upwind states don‘t contribute to smog in North Carolina.

2. Smaller clouds actually lie upwind of the main cloud at zero degrees longitude, they note.

3. The agency says its analyses show that upwind states do not contribute to smog in North Carolina.

4. Pollution and inequality was the price of progress, and the middle classes solved their problems by simply moving upwind.

5. Fellow British skipper Mike Golding battled against the elements to sail 80 miles back upwind to rescue his rival in the gruelling Velux 5 Oceans race.