windblown
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See also: wind-blown
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]windblown (comparative more windblown, superlative most windblown)
- (of a tree) growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.
- (of seeds, leaves etc) dispersed by the wind.
- 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 168:
- In a patch of sunlit windblown water a fish leaped from the surface.
- (of a person) having disheveled hair blown about by the wind.