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windswept [ˈwɪndˌswɛpt] adj
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) open to or swept by the wind 2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) another word for windblown [2] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
windswept adjective 1. exposed, bare, bleak, windy, desolate, unprotected, windblown, blowy the remote and windswept hillside 2. dishevelled, disordered, messy, untidy, unkempt, tousled, windblown, disarranged, mussed up (U.S.) windswept hair Translations windswept [ˈwɪndswɛpt] adj [hair] → coiffé(e) en coup de vent; [look] → échevelé(e) wind tunnel [ˈwɪndtʌnəl] n → soufflerie f wind-up [ˈwaɪndʌp] adj [gramophone] → mécanique n (British) → canular m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then the panting and the shouts died away, and around them nothing could be heard but the whistling of the wind in their ears and now and then the squeak of their sledge-runners over a windswept part of the road. Let us go back a few months to the little, windswept platform of a railway station in northern Wisconsin. Brady's own footsteps showed as plainly as black ink upon white paper; but his was the only foot that had marred the smooth, windswept surface--there was no sign that Bradley had crossed the spot upon the surface of the ground, and yet his cap lay well toward the center of it. |
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