downwind adv 1: with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew downwind" [ant: {against the wind}, {into the wind}, {upwind}] 2: away from the wind; "they were sailing windward" [syn: {windward}, {downwind}] [ant: {leeward}, {upwind}] adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: {downwind}, {lee(a)}]
Down-wind \Down"-wind`\, adv. With the wind. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
downwind \down"wind\ adj. on the side or in the direction away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; in the direction toward which the wind is blowing; as, good hunters stay downwind of their prey. Opposite of {upwind}, and {windward}. Syn: lee(prenominal), leeward. [WordNet 1.5]