downwind
/ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.66 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
adv
in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern
Example Sentences
- "... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper."
- "The six birds on their downwind leg have already started to get their "gear down," meaning they have partially rotated their legs forward in a position that will be vertical by the moment of touch down."
- "I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm."
Etymology
Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Proto-West Germanic *wind Old English wind Middle English wynd English wind English downwind From down- + wind.
Inflected Forms
further downwind (comparative)
farther downwind (comparative)
more downwind (comparative)
furthest downwind (superlative)
farthest downwind (superlative)
most downwind (superlative)