: being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing compare leeward
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Adjective
The windward side of the mountain was rocky and treeless.
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The Sunset Ai Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
For example, high-elevation terrain often forces storm systems to drop more rain on the mountains’ windward side but scientists aren’t sure whether that phenomenon might play a role in cases like Helene’s Appalachian deluge.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The heaviest rain is forecast for windward and mauka locations.
—The Sunset Ai Lab, Sunset Magazine, 10 May 2024
For plants, such walls are edges that separate patches of ground into zones that are sunny or shady, windward or leeward, uphill or downhill, wetter or drier.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
Adjective
Coconut rhinoceros beetles were detected for the first time on islands statewide in subsequent months, while little fire ants caused serious concern on Oahu's windward coast.
—CBS News, 24 Oct. 2024
For example, high-elevation terrain often forces storm systems to drop more rain on the mountains’ windward side but scientists aren’t sure whether that phenomenon might play a role in cases like Helene’s Appalachian deluge.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Windward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windward. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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windward
1 of 2 adjective
wind·ward
ˈwin-(d)wərd 
: moving or placed toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
windward
2 of 2 noun
: the side or direction from which the wind is blowing
sail to windward
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