Windburned
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Windburned is an adjective meaning Of people or body parts: suffering from windburn.
Meaning
Of people or body parts: suffering from windburn.
More Meanings
- Of plants: dried or damaged by the wind.
Example Sentences
A more vivid red mounted the boy’s windburned face.
The morning air blew down a fragrant whiff, Combing the wind-burnt grasses on the cliff.
I am woken by a pounding on the door of my apartment. It is a man with a lantern, windburnt, gaunt, out of breath, in a solder’s greatcoat too large for him.
[…] the same general rules apply to wind-burned trees as to those injured by frost. You should wait until the full extent of the injury is apparent before cutting back.
Word Forms
- windburnt
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include windburnt, burnt, windchapped, windbeaten, sunburnt, burny.
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