leeward

adv. & adj.
On or toward the side to which the wind is blowing.

n.
The lee side or quarter.

adj. & adv. on or toward the side sheltered from the wind or toward which the wind is blowing; downwind: the leeward side of the house | we pitched our tents leeward of a hill. Compare with windward.

n.

the side sheltered or away from the wind: the ship was drifting to leeward.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the direction in which the wind is blowing
  Antonym: windward (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
  Synonyms: lee, lee side

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The adjective leeward has one meaning:

Meaning #1: on the side away from the wind
  Antonym: windward (meaning #1)

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The adverb leeward has one meaning:

Meaning #1: toward the wind
  Synonym: upwind
  Antonym: windward (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - læ
adv. - i læ
n. - læ

Nederlands (Dutch)
lijzijde, lij-, lijwaarts

Français (French)
adj. - sous le vent
adv. - sous le vent
n. - côté sous le vent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - in Lee
adv. - nach Lee, leewärts
n. - Leeseite

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπήνεμος
adv. - σταβέντο, υπήνεμα

Italiano (Italian)
sottovento

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - a sotavento
adv. - na direção do vento

Русский (Russian)
подветренная сторона, подветренный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de sotavento
adv. - a sotavento
n. - sotavento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lä-, i lä
adv. - i lä, lävart

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
背风的, 向下风的, 背风, 向下风, 背风面, 下风

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 背風的, 向下風的
adv. - 背風, 向下風
n. - 背風面, 下風

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 바람 불어가는 쪽의, 바람을 피한
adv. - 바람부는 쪽으로
n. - 바람부는 방향

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 風下の
adv. - 風下に
n. - 風下

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) باتجاه الريح (ظرف) متجه إلى الجهه التي تهب نحوها الريح, إنحراف السفينه مع الريح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לצד המוגן מהרוח‬
adv. - ‮לצד המוגן מהרוח‬
n. - ‮הצד המוגן מהרוח או הכיוון ממנו היא נושבת‬

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