How to pronounce “headwind”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (nautical, physics) A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
• (transferred sense) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress.
• [Verb]
• (transitive, uncommon) To blow directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
• (idiomatic, uncommon) To impede or reverse progress.

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