Windward: Definition and part of speech

Windward

  1. adv. Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
  2. n. The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; — opposed to leeward.
  3. a. Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Windy: Definition and part of speech

Windy

  1. superl. Fig.: Empty; airy.
  2. superl. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
  3. superl. Next the wind; windward.
  4. superl. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
  5. superl. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
  6. superl. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Windrow: Definition and part of speech

Windrow

  1. n. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it.
  2. n. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
  3. n. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Windpipe: Definition and part of speech

Windpipe

  1. n. The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.