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Adverb: downwind  'dawn'wind
  1. With the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing
    "they flew downwind"
     
  2. Toward the wind
    "they were sailing downwind";
    - windward
Adjective: downwind  'dawn'wind
  1. Towards the side away from the wind
    "The downwind side of the island was sheltered from the storm";
    - lee

See also: leeward

Antonym: into the wind, leeward

Encyclopedia: Downwind, Xavier