Meanings
comparative more windblown · superlative most windblown · alternative wind-blown
- Growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.
- leaves etcDispersed by the wind.
In a patch of sunlit windblown water a fish leaped from the surface.
2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 1681 more example
My life was torn like wind-blown sand / Then a rock was formed when we held hands
1966, Bobby Hebb, “Sunny”, in Sunny - Having disheveled hair blown about by the wind.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Danish vindblæst
- vindblæstwindblown, blown by the wind
Norwegian Bokmål vindblåst
- vindblåstwindblown, blown by the wind
Cite this entry
windblown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windblown
“windblown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windblown. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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