upbreeze

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

up- +‎ breeze

Adjective[edit]

upbreeze (not comparable)

  1. upwind
    • 1995, Louis Owens, The Sharpest Sight, page 12:
      The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was.

Noun[edit]

upbreeze (plural upbreezes)

  1. A breeze that blows upward.
    • 2014, MJ Bird, The Exiled Aslignhain:
      He twisted and turned in the upbreeze desperately trying to right himself, trying to cling to the finely smooth exterior of the marble citadel walls only to crash land into a rather large hedge in the gardens […]
    • 2022, Rob Rosen, Bobby Ray Breaks the Universe:
      It was hot, stifling, my robe's upbreeze now nonexistent.
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