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windswept

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: W IH1 N S W EH2 P T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Exposed to the winds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We struggled over the windswept moorland.
  • 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

open to or swept by wind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • windswept headlands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From wind + swept.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 狂風肆虐的 /狂风肆虐的 (kuángfēng sìnüè de) — exposed to wind
  • Finnish: tuulenpieksemä — exposed to wind
  • French: battu par les vents — exposed to wind
  • Ancient Greek: λεπώδης (lepṓdēs) — exposed to wind
  • Hungarian: széljárta — exposed to wind
  • Hungarian: szeles — exposed to wind
  • Māori: whakapūangiangi — exposed to wind
  • Swedish: vindpinad — exposed to wind
  • Vietnamese: lộng gió — exposed to wind