upwind/ʌpˈwɪnd/EtymologyFrom Middle English upwinden, equivalent to up- + wind (verb).upwind means exposed to the wind. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.adjexposed to the windadvin the direction from which the wind is blowingverbTo wind upwards.“The cries of all on board were drowned in wind, And wind in thunder drowned; With useless sails upwound.”To wind up (a mechanism).“Tell me not of a huge machine, / Going like a clock upwound; / All measured out each space between, / Marked out each weary round.”