WINDWARD

• (noun) the side of something that is toward the wind

• (noun) the direction from which the wind is coming

• (adj.) on the side exposed to the wind

  "the windward islands"

• (adverb) away from the wind

  "they were sailing windward"

  synonyms : downwind

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