downwind
About 0.46 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb in the same direction as the wind is blowing
- adverb positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind
I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.
- adverb in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern
Similar words
windward leeward lee with the wind upwind windy wind upstream downstream downriver
Often followed by
of from and side leg distance to direction in
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