Upwind

Definition

upwind /ʌp'wÇnd / adj, adv ~ (of sb/sth) ေလဆန္။ ေလညာ။ sail upwind ❍ If we're upwind of the animal it may smell our scent.

Examples

1. ‘Sailing back as the day cools
2. I take the boat out through the anchored yachts and begin the upwind journey home.’
3. ‘The French team
4. which has struggled this week
5. sailed a strong race
6. with a good start
7. and a solid upwind leg.’
8. ‘As he approached from upwind
9. I caught a whiff of scent.’
10. ‘All of us like to fly downwind because it's easier and there is some room for errors but everybody agrees the ability to fly upwind is an important skill which should be tested and rewarded.’
11. ‘Because of this
12. I'd never live upwind of a pulp mill.’
13. ‘‘I remember standing up
14. looking upwind and seeing someone face down in the water
15. ’ Matthew remembers.’
16. ‘If there is an attack
17. leave the area and go upwind
18. or to the sides of the wind stream.’
19. ‘When they browse they move upwind
20. carefully sniffing and sifting the air for danger
21. their sharp-sighted eyes constantly on the alert.’
22. ‘Remaining upwind
23. above ground level
24. and in a sealed room with an adequate air supply
25. will provide protection for civilians - if they have time to prepare.’
26. ‘Does it make sense for us to promote and increase industrial development upwind?’
27. ‘The tide was still ebbing furiously and the course lay once again upwind
28. and for a few minutes I amused some onlooking fisherman by not making any headway at all.’
29. ‘For the flight experiments
30. two odour sources were placed at the upwind end of the wind tunnel.’
31. ‘Troops would have been stationed upwind of the explosion so would not have suffered any significant radioactive fall-out
32. though there may have been a small risk of exposure.’
33. ‘The difference in ride going upwind and downwind was enormous
34. demonstrating the need to assess weather conditions for an offshore trip with a boat full of potentially tired divers.’
35. ‘These ships were especially effective when sailing upwind or to windward.’
36. ‘And a medical colleague of his
37. Dr Alan Preece
38. says lung cancer is more common downwind of power lines than upwind.’
39. ‘Drive perpendicular to the direction of the prevalent winds and begin upwind from the area of active soil erosion.’
40. ‘Wind strength was also variable resulting in different upwind courses being taken for all four races.’
41. ‘A few minutes later
42. we reached the edge of the woods upwind of the dump and gasped clean air.’
43. ‘You'll hear sounds originating upwind from your house better than those originating closer to home on the downwind side.’