downwind
adverb/ˈdaʊnˌwɪnd/
Frequency rank: #17,711 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
in the direction that the wind is blowing toward.
Example sentence
The hikers moved downwind to avoid being detected by the bear.
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