windswept
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wind·swept

adjective \ˈwin(d)-ˌswept\

Definition of WINDSWEPT

: swept by or as if by wind

Examples of WINDSWEPT

  1. The sailors looked windswept and tired.

First Known Use of WINDSWEPT

1812

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