leeward
1. the direction in which the wind is blowing • Ant: windward • Hypernyms: direction • Hyponyms: to leeward, leeward side 2. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind • Syn: lee, lee side • Ant: windward • Hypernyms: side, face
on the side away from the wind - on the leeward side of the island • Ant: windward • Similar to: downwind, lee
toward the wind - they were sailing leeward • Syn: upwind • Ant: downwind (for: upwind), windward
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