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Definition: DOWN THE WIND |
DOWN THE WIND1. (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as, birds fly swiftly down the wind. (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] ``He went down the wind still.'' --L'Estrange. |
Crosswords: DOWN THE WIND |
| English words defined with "DOWN THE WIND": To whistle off. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DOWN THE WIND": Whistle Down the Wind. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Whistle Down the Wind (1961) | |
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Expression using "DOWN THE WIND": sail down the wind. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
whistle down the wind | 29 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DOWN THE WIND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szél irányában (before the wind, in the wind's eye, windward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ownday ethay indway naviga cu vântul în spate (sail before the wind, sail down the wind). (various references) rüzgâr yönünde (down wind), rüzgâr doğrultusunda (down wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-h-i-n-n-o-t-w-w" | |
-3 letters: downwind, nonwhite, thindown, windowed, winnowed. | |
-4 letters: dentoid, howdied, indowed, intoned, thinned, twinned, widowed. | |
-5 letters: dentin, dinned, dinted, doited, donned, downed, dwined, enwind, ethion, hidden, hinted, hodden, hoddin, hoiden, honied, howdie, indent, intend, intone, intown, newton, tendon, tinned, townie, twined, whined, whited, whiten, winded, window, winned, winnow, withed, wonned, wonted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 4F 57 4E      54 48 45      57 49 4E 44 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001111 01010111 01001110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010111 01001001 01001110 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D O W N   T H E   W I N D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 004F 0057 004E      0054 0048 0045      0057 0049 004E 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)384957482544239257434838 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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