Upwind: alternatives and connections

A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a v…

A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!

A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.

To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the win…

To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.

a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"

A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.

a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind

To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the fri…