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windburned

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of people or body parts: suffering from windburn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1916, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Lord Northcliffe’s War Book, New York: George H. Doran, ‘What to Send “Your Soldier”,’ p. 55, Vaseline is a good gift. It can be used for may purposes. It serves as a lubricant. It eases feet that have marched far. It is good for burns. It relieves the pain of sunburnt or windburnt skin.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of plants: dried or damaged by the wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2005, Anne and Simon Harrap, Orchids of Britain and Ireland, London: A&C Black, 2nd edition, “Lindisfarne Helleborine,” p. 124, By flowering time many leaves are wind-burnt, grazed or otherwise damaged.

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3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

suffering from windburn

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: windburnt

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From wind + burned.