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TRADE WIND
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
Example:
they rode the trade winds going west
Synonyms:
trade; trade wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("trade wind" is a kind of...):
prevailing wind (the predominant wind direction)