down the wind
US /daʊn ðə ˈwɪnd/
・UK /daun ðə ˈwɪnd/
B2
adv. phr.In the direction the wind is blowing from an object's position.
The sailors steered the ship down the wind to avoid rough waves.
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Surviving Burning Man 2025 – 38 Hours of Dust Storm Whiteouts, Art and Chaos
- All right, we ate, the dust settled down, the wind settled down, but now it's raining, which means mud, a lot of mud.
All right, we ate, the dust settled down, the wind settled down, but now it's raining, which means mud, a lot of mud.
Why are Tennis Balls Fuzzy?
- It slows down the wind resistance.
It slows down the wind resistance.
- It slows down the wind resistance.
It slows down the wind resistance.
The Physics of Windmill Design
- narrow-bladed because a fast-moving windmill needs to have a smaller blade area (aka just a few narrow blades) to not slow down the wind too much.
narrow-bladed because a fast-moving windmill needs to have a smaller blade area (aka just a few narrow blades) to not slow down the wind too much.
- narrow-bladed because a fast-moving windmill needs to have a smaller blade area (aka just a few narrow blades) to not slow down the wind too much.
narrow-bladed because a fast-moving windmill needs to have a smaller blade area (aka just a few narrow blades) to not slow down the wind too much.
Only one man knew the death recipe for this city
- The sky was pitch black, rain and hail was coming down, the wind was whipping, and off in the distance, all he could hear was thunder and sirens.
The sky was pitch black, rain and hail was coming down, the wind was whipping, and off in the distance, all he could hear was thunder and sirens.
- The sky was pitch black, rain and hail was coming down, the wind was whipping, and
The sky was pitch black, rain and hail was coming down, the wind was whipping, and
Intermediate Snowboard Tutorial (THE HOOK)
- Here I'm kind of quite tall and then as I lean into it I just sink down the wind is picking up and push into it.
Here I'm kind of quite tall and then as I lean into it I just sink down the wind is picking up and push into it.
- and then as I lean into it I just sink down, the wind is picking up,
and then as I lean into it I just sink down, the wind is picking up,
Hakuna Matata
- And it hurt that my friends never stood down the wind.
And it hurt that my friends never stood down the wind.