WINDWARD vs WEATHER: NOUN
- The point or side from which the wind blows; ; -- opposed to leeward.
- The point from which the wind blows: as, to ply or sail to windward.
- The direction from which the wind blows.
- A figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.
- The side receiving the wind's force.
- The side of something that is toward the wind
- The direction from which the wind is coming
- The meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- An enervating atmosphere.
- The inclination or obliquity of the sails of a windmill to the plane of revolution.
- Change of the state of the atmosphere; meteorological change; hence, figuratively, vicissitude; change of fortune or condition.
- The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.
- Specifically, in weather-maps and -reports, the condition of the sky as to cloudiness and the occurrence of precipitation.
- Adverse or destructive atmospheric conditions, such as high winds or heavy rain.
- The unpleasant or destructive effects of such atmospheric conditions.
- The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to its cloudiness, humidity, motions, pressure, temperature, electrical condition, or any other meteorological phenomena; the atmospheric conditions prevailing at any moment over any region of the earth: as, warm or cold weather; wet or dry weather; calm or stormy weather; fair or foul weather; cloudy or hazy weather.
- A light rain; a shower.
- Changes of fortune.
- Cold and wet.
- Wind; storm; tempest.
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: ADJECTIVE
- Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
- Situated toward the point from which the wind blows.
- Of or on the side exposed to the wind or to prevailing winds.
- Of or moving toward the quarter from which the wind blows.
- On the side exposed to the wind
- Relating to or used in weather forecasting.
- Of or relating to the windward side of a ship; windward.
- The shore to the windward of a ship.
- A tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side.
- Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position.
- Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee.
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: VERB
- N/A
- Cause to slope
- Change under the action or influence of the weather
- Face or endure with courage
- Sail to the windward of
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To show the effects, such as discoloration, of exposure to the elements.
- To slope (a roof, for example) so as to shed water.
- To come through (something) safely; survive.
- To discolor, disintegrate, wear, or otherwise affect adversely by exposure.
- To expose to the action of the elements, as for drying, seasoning, or coloring.
- To pass to the windward of despite bad weather.
- To withstand the effects of weather.
- To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
- Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist.
- To encounter successfully, though with difficulty.
- Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition.
- To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
- To sail or pass to the windward of.
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: ADVERB
- Away from the wind
- In a direction from which the wind blows; against the wind.
- N/A
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Toward the wind
- On the side toward the point from which the wind blows: as, windward shrouds.
- Toward the wind: opposed to leeward.
- (idiom) (to windward) Into or to an advantageous posture or position.
- In tile manufacturing, to expose (the clay) to a hot sun or to frost, in order to open the pores and separate the particles, that it may readily absorb water and be easily worked.
- To slope (a surface), that it may shed water.
- Nautical:
- To sail to windward of: as, to weather a point or cape.
- To bear up against and come safely through: said of a ship in a storm, as also of a mariner; hence, used in the same sense with reference to storms on land.
- Figuratively, to bear up against and overcome, as trouble or danger; come out of, as a trial, without permanent damage or loss.
- To suffer a change, such as discoloration or more or less complete disintegration, in consequence of exposure to the weather or atmosphere. See weathering, 2.
- To resist or bear exposure to the weather.
- To air; expose to the air; dry or otherwise affect by exposure to the open air.
- Nautical, toward the wind; windward: opposed to lee: as, weather bow; weather beam; weather rigging
- Face and withstand with courage
- To affect injuriously by the action of weather; in geology, to discolor or disintegrate: as, the atmospheric agencies that weather rocks.
- Towards the side exposed to wind
- (idiom) (under the weather) Suffering from a hangover.
- (idiom) (under the weather) Intoxicated; drunk.
- (idiom) (under the weather) Somewhat indisposed; slightly ill.
- (idiom) (make heavy weather of) To exaggerate the difficulty of something to be done.
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: RELATED WORDS
- Spinnaker, Northerly, Abeam, Starboard, Southerly, Rhumb line, Vent, Alee, Wind, Winds, Leeward, Weather, Downwind, Upwind, Upwind
- Cold, Climate, Storm, Temperatures, Conditions, Meteorological, Winter, Rain, Weather condition, Brave out, Atmospheric condition, Brave, Endure, Windward, Upwind
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Westerly, Spinnaker, Northerly, Abeam, Starboard, Southerly, Rhumb line, Vent, Wind, Winds, Leeward, Weather, Downwind, Upwind, Upwind
- Weatherman, Cold, Climate, Storm, Temperatures, Conditions, Meteorological, Winter, Rain, Weather condition, Atmospheric condition, Brave, Endure, Windward, Upwind
WINDWARD vs WEATHER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Caribbean and the peaceful, yet active, village of Windward Side.
- Performance to windward is like an old-fashioned monohull.
- Central Windward region if habitat degradation does not increase.
- Territory includes Barbados, Windward and Leeward Islands, British Guiana.
- The windward, which is a region of positive pressure.
- Set up to recover towline off the windward quarter.
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- Windward Islands, Rodney Bay Marina, and Reduit Beach.
- In the volcanic islands a distinction may be observed between the windward and leeward flanks, the moister windward slopes being the more richly clothed.
- Grenada is home to four ecoregions: Windward Islands moist forests, Leeward Islands dry forests, Windward Islands dry forests, and Windward Islands xeric scrub.
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- During times of severe weather, these repeaters relay reports of severe weather directly to the local National Weather Service forecast office.
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