leeward

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

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

II - adjective

on the side away from the wind
- on the leeward side of the island
• Ant:
windward
• Similar to:
downwind, lee

III - adverb

toward the wind
- they were sailing leeward
• Syn:
upwind
• Ant:
downwind (for: upwind), windward

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  upwind, lee, lee side
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  windward, downwind