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# upwind

«upwind» in Mova's school dictionary: **coming from, against the wind** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (upwind); adjective (upwind)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Upwind means in the direction the wind is coming from, against the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#m1)

2) If you are upwind of something, the wind blows from you towards it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, sailing and safety it matters for smells, smoke and gas: stand upwind of a bonfire so smoke blows away from you. Hunters and animal watchers stay downwind so animals cannot smell them. Phrases: upwind of, sail upwind.

### examples

- Stand upwind of the barbecue so the smoke does not blow in your face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#x1)
- The deer smelled us because we were upwind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#x2)
- It is harder to sail upwind than downwind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#x3)
- The factory is upwind of the town, so the smell reaches the houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#x4)
- Keep upwind of any chemical spill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#x5)
- We cycled upwind and it was hard work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/#x6)

### note

Opposite: downwind (the direction the wind blows to). Safety rule: in a fire or gas leak, move upwind, away from the smoke.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «upwind» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upwind/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.