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windswept

/ˈwɪndswɛpt/ /ˈwɪnswɛpt/

Meanings
adjective
Exposed to the winds.

Examples :

"We struggled over the windswept moorland."
weather environment nature geography

Related Words

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exposed verb

/ɪkˈspoʊzd/ /ɛkˈspoʊzd/

To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.

"The newspaper exposed the company's illegal dumping of waste. "

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

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we pronoun

/wiː/ /wi/

(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)

"We are going to the park after school today. "

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struggled verb

/ˈstɹʌɡl̩d/

To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

"During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves."

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winds noun

/wɪndz/ /waɪndz/

Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

"The strong winds blew the fallen leaves across the schoolyard. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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over noun

/ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/ /ˈoʊ.vɚ/

A set of six legal balls bowled.

"The bowling team scored a lot of points with their final over. "

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moorland noun

/ˈmʊərlənd/ /ˈmɔrlənd/

Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.

"The hikers enjoyed the vast view across the moorland, with its purple heather stretching to the horizon. "