windblown

adj — 3 senses

windblown

adj

US /ˈwɪndˌbloʊn/

Etymology From wind + blown.

1

Of a tree Growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.

2

Of seeds Dispersed by the wind.

  • My life was torn like wind-blown sand / Then a rock was formed when we held hands1966, Bobby Hebb, “Sunny”, in Sunny:
  • In a patch of sunlit windblown water a fish leaped from the surface.2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 168:
3

Of a person Having disheveled hair blown about by the wind.

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