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Definitions: Leeward |
LeewardAdjective1. On the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island". Adverb1. Toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward". Noun1. The direction in which the wind is blowing. 2. The side of something that is sheltered from the wind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "leeward" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of sailing leeward, denotes to the sailor a prosperous and merry voyage. To others, a pleasant journey. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Situated on the side turned away from the wind. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Leeward and Windward. Leeward is toward the lee, or that part towards which the wind blows, windward is in the opposite direction, viz. in the teeth of the wind. "Leeward," pronounced lew-ard. (See Lee .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Sports & Leisure | In the direction that the wind is blowing; leeward. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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See also: Leeward Islands
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Leeward."
Synonyms: LeewardSynonyms: upwind (adv), lee (n), lee side (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: down-wind (sports & leisure, transportation). |
| Antonym: windward (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Laterality | Adverb: sideways, sidelong; broadside on; on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside; by the side of; side by side; cheek by jowl; (near); to windward, to leeward; laterally; Adjective: right and left; on her beam ends. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Leeward |
| English words defined with "leeward": Antigua and Barbuda ♦ Bogue ♦ centerboard, centreboard, Chimney cap, Counter brace ♦ Down helm, drop keel ♦ Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Floating harbor ♦ Leeward Islands, leeward side ♦ On the lee beam ♦ Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Maarten, Saint Martin, sliding keel, St. Christopher, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Maarten, St. Martin ♦ To fetch away, to leeward, To make a good board, To sag to leeward, Turn cap ♦ Under the lee ♦ weatherliness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "leeward": barcan, barchan, barchan dune, barchane, barkan, barkhan ♦ crescentic dune ♦ horseshoe dune ♦ Lee Hatch, Lee-side, Leeward. (references) |
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 | Procelsterna saxatilis. Necker Island Tern. In: "Birds of Laysan and the Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Group" by Walter K. Fisher. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Volume 23, 1903, Part III, p. 769, Plate I.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Dory and crew caught to leeward in a storm while hauling the trawl Trawl-buoy and line drifted astern of the vessel for their rescue Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Leeward Islands July 1969.Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Divers preparing for dive on the artificial reef site off the Leeward Coast of Oahu close to Pokai Bay.Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
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Economic History | Dominica | In 1871, Dominica became part of the Leeward Island Federation. (references) |
Cape Verde | The archipelago includes 10 islands and 5 islets, divided into the windward (Barlavento) and leeward (Sotavento) groups. (references) | |
St. Kitts and Nevis | St. Kitts and Nevis are strategically placed in the Leeward Islands, near maritime transport lanes of major importance to the United States. (references) | |
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| "Leeward" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 98.68% of the time. "Leeward" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 98.68% | 75 | 38,535 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "leeward": leeward Islands ♦ leeward isles ♦ leeward side ♦ to leeward ♦ To sag to leeward. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "leeward": windward-leeward. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
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island leeward map | 9 | construction leeward | 2 |
college leeward | 6 | cc leeward | 2 |
destin key leeward | 5 | destin florida key leeward | 2 |
caribbean island leeward | 5 | condominium key leeward | 2 |
island leeward one | 4 | leeward cruise | 2 |
community leeward | 4 | guide leeward oahu side travel | 2 |
brewery leeward windward | 3 | apartment leeward | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "leeward"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nga ana që s'e zë era, në drejtimin për ku fryn era, ana që s'e rreh era. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الجهة التي تهب منها الريح, بإتجاه الريح (down wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | към подветрената страна, откъм подветрената страна, запазена от вятъра страна, подветрена от вятъра страна. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 背风. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | do závìtří. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | læ, vaere til lae, om læ, i læ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lijwaarts, onder de wind zijn, onder de wind (downwind), naar de lijzijde, aan lijzijde, aan de lijzijde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suojanpuoleinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vent/avec le, vent arrière, sous le vent, côté sous le vent (lee, lee side, lee-shore, leeward side), être sous le vend de. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leewärts, leeseite (downwind side, lee, lee side, leeward side, sheltered side), lee (downwind side, Lee, lee side, leeward side, sheltered side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταβέντο(κν.), σταβέντο, υπήνεμη, υπήνεμα, υπήνεμοσ, απάνεμος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צ" "מו'ן מן "רוח. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szél alatti, széltől védett oldalra, széltől védett oldal, széltől védett hely, szélárnyékos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sottovento (alee, downwind, lee, lee side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 風下 (lee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かざしも (lee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "람 불어가" 쪽. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lheish, lesh y gheay (adrift), fasteeagh (sheltered), cheu yn astee (lee, lee side, sheltered side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eewardlay lado protegido do vento, sotavento (Lee, leeway), ralé (dregs, herd, mob, ragtag, riffraff), para sotavento, na direção do vento (downy). (various references) sub vânt (alee, Lee). (various references) подветренный (downwind). (various references) zavetrinski, niz vetar (downwind). (various references) sotavento (lee). (various references) i lä. (various references) ไปในทิศทางที่ลมพั" (leeside). (various references) rüzgâraltına doğru (to leeward), rüzgâraltı yönü, rüzgâraltı (Lee). (various references) yk, яele (out of the wind). (various references) підвітряний бік. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "leeward": leewards. (additional references) | |
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"Leeward" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Leard, Leeuwarden, leward, lyard, Lybardde. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "leeward" (pronounced lē"werd) |
| 4 | -ē" w er d | seaward. |
| 3 | -w er d | afterward, awkward, backward, buzzword, carryforward, downward, eastward, forward, Hayward, homeward, inward, landward, leftward, northeastward, northward, onward, outward, poleward, rightward, shoreward, skyward, southward, straightforward, sunward, upward, wayward, westward, windward. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-l-r-w" | |
-1 letter: dealer, drawee, leader, lewder, reweld, welder. | |
-2 letters: alder, dewar, drawl, eared, elder, lader, laree, lawed, rewed, wader, waled, waler, wared, weald, wedel. | |
-3 letters: alee, awed, awee, dale, dare, deal, dear, deer, dele, dere, draw, dree, drew, earl, ewer, lade, lard, lead, lear, leer, lewd, rale, read, real, rede, reed, reel, wade, wale, ward. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-l-r-w" | |
+1 letter: lawyered, leewards. | |
+2 letters: becrawled, delftware, leadscrew. | |
+3 letters: alderwomen, delftwares, farewelled, firewalled, leadscrews, lowercased, newsdealer, rewardable. | |
+4 letters: candlepower, cartwheeled, caterwauled, leatherwood, newsdealers, unweariedly, wallpapered, waterlogged. | |
+5 letters: candlepowers, leatherwoods, waterflooded, wholehearted. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 65 77 61 72 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . . .--. .- .-. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100101 01110111 01100001 01110010 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e e w a r d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0065 0077 0061 0072 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46717189678470 |
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