trade wind
1Trade wind — Trade Trade, n. [Formerly, a path, OE. tred a footmark. See {Tread}, n. & v.] 1. A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A postern with a blind wicket there was, A common trade to pass through Priam s …
2trade wind — /wind/ 1. Also trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast… …
3trade wind — ► NOUN ▪ a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the north east in the northern hemisphere or the south east in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. ORIGIN from the obsolete phrase blow trade «blow steadily», from a former meaning …
4trade wind — n. [earlier trade, adv., steadily in phr. to blow trade] a wind that blows steadily toward the equator from the northeast in the tropics north of the equator and from the southeast in the tropics south of the equator …
5trade wind — n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: trade course (14 17 centuries); TRADE1] a tropical wind that blows towards the ↑equator from either the northeast or the southeast …
6trade wind — [ treıd ,wınd ] noun count a wind that blows continuously toward the EQUATOR (=the Earth s central line) …
7trade wind — trade′ wind [[t]wɪnd[/t]] n. mer Often, trade winds. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the world s tropics and subtropics, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the… …
8trade wind — is written as two words …
9trade wind — noun steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator they rode the trade winds going west • Syn: ↑trade • Hypernyms: ↑prevailing wind * * * noun Etymology: trade (IV …
10Trade wind — The trade winds (also called trades) are the prevailing pattern of easterly winds found in the tropics near the Earth s equator [cite web|author= |title= trade winds|work=Glossary of Meteorology |publisher= American Meteorological Society |date=… …
