Meaning

1 senses

  1. A wind blowing from the west.

    wind that blows from west to east

Examples

2 sentences

  1. A west wind blows over the fields.

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  2. I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Inherited from Old English westwind, from Proto-West Germanic *westawind.

Inherited from Old English westwind, from Proto-West Germanic *westawind.

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Forms

plural: west winds

Synonyms

3 synonyms
westerlyzephyr
Close in meaning
  • wind that blows from west to east:wester

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
westA2westerlywesternB2
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