EGAVE

downwind

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb in the same direction as the wind is blowing
  2. 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.
  3. 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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