Windswept
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Windswept is an adjective meaning Exposed to the winds.
Meaning
Exposed to the winds.
Example Sentences
We struggled over the windswept moorland.
No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.
A noteworthy engineering feature on this line was the Owencarrow Viaduct, situated in one of the most windswept portions of the line. On January 30, 1925, a train was blown off the viaduct during a gale, and thereafter trains were prohibited from crossing when the wind exceeded a certain velocity.
20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.
Word Forms
- wind-swept
Synonyms for windswept
Depending on context, synonyms include inhospitable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inhospitable, wind-swept, windy, wind-lashed, windbeaten, buffeted.
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