westerly
A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the westA westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.
» The typhoon moved in a westerly direction.
Der Taifun bewegte sich in westliche Richtung.
Тайфун двинулся в западном направлении.
Тайфун перемістився у західному напрямку.
Meaning
1 sensesA westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.
Westwind
за́падный ве́терzápadnyj véter
- the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
Examples
3 sentencesThe typhoon moved in a westerly direction.
Тайфун перемістився у західному напрямку. — brambury
ruТайфун двинулся в западном направлении. — Biga
deDer Taifun bewegte sich in westliche Richtung. — Tamy
Westerly winds are prevailing winds that blow from the west toward the east.
At the moment, a stiff south-westerly wind is blowing against our house, drying the windows made wet by the rain.
deIm Augenblick weht ein steifer Südwestwind gegen unser Haus und trocknet die vom Regen nass gewordenen Scheiben. — raggione
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
plural: westerlies| Singular | westerly |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth:prevailing westerly