windblown

See also: wind-blown

English

Etymology

wind +‎ blown

Adjective

windblown (comparative more windblown, superlative most windblown)

  1. (of a tree) growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.
  2. (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.
  3. (of a person) having disheveled hair blown about by the wind.

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