: being in or facing the direction from which the wind is blowing compare leeward
Examples of windward in a Sentence
Adjective
The windward side of the mountain was rocky and treeless.
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Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The wind may produce rain over Oahu and in Kauai’s higher terrain, the weather service said and has increased showers on the windward side of the Big Island and Maui.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Within the eyewall, total structural failure is likely, especially in higher elevation areas where wind speeds atop and on the windward sides of hills and mountains could be up to 30 percent stronger.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Wind gusts will be particularly strong along windward ridges and exposed coastal headlands.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Its position on the windward side of the Big Island means steady Pacific trade winds drive moist air into the slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The wind may produce rain over Oahu and in Kauai’s higher terrain, the weather service said and has increased showers on the windward side of the Big Island and Maui.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Windward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windward. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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windward
1 of 2 adjective
wind·ward
ˈwin-(d)wərd 
: moving or placed toward the direction from which the wind is blowing
windward
2 of 2 noun
: the side or direction from which the wind is blowing
sail to windward
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