Nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming.

Roget 278: towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.    before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind; windwards, in the wind's eye.    through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways; quaquaversum [Lat.], from the four winds.    ... meer laten zien