plural of wind-up

(nautical) A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

(meteorology, weather, aviation) A change of wind speed, direction, and magnitude over a short spatial distance.

(meteorology) A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

(meteorology) A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).

A drainage wind / fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Böhmwind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.

A katabatic wind.

(nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.

Alternative spelling of windbreak

(transitive) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.