windblown

See also: wind-blown

English

a windblown (sense 1) tree

Alternative forms

• wind-blown

Etymology

From wind +‎ blown.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndˌbloʊn/

Adjective

windblown (comparative more windblown, superlative most windblown)

2. (of a tree) Growing in a distorted shape produced by the prevailing winds.
3. (of seeds, leaves etc) Dispersed by the wind.
   • 1966, Bobby Hebb, “Sunny”, in Sunny:

     My life was torn like wind-blown sand / Then a rock was formed when we held hands

   • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 168:

     In a patch of sunlit windblown water a fish leaped from the surface.

4. (of a person) Having disheveled hair blown about by the wind.

Translations

windblown, blown by the wind

• Danish: vindblæst
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vindblåst