How do you pronounce upwind?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʌpˈwɪnd/.

Where does upwind come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

upwind

/ʌpˈwɪnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: up-wind
IPA: /ʌpˈwɪnd/

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Meaning

adj

Exposed to the wind.

adv

In the direction from which the wind is blowing.

verb

To wind upwards.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To wind up (a mechanism).

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The cries of all on board were drowned in wind, And wind in thunder drowned; With useless sails upwound."
"Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round."

Etymology

Etymology tree English up- 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 upwind From up- + wind.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up
Root: upwinden

Usage

Inflected Forms

further upwind (comparative) farther upwind (comparative) more upwind (comparative) furthest upwind (superlative) farthest upwind (superlative) most upwind (superlative) upwinds (present, singular) upwinding (participle, present) upwound (participle, past) upwound (past)

Synonyms

weather against the wind into the wind leeward

Antonyms

downwind

Rhymes With

end wind close to the wind trade wind grind sail close to the wind pinned ind skinned sindh rescind grinned