easterly

«easterly» in Mova's school dictionary: Towards the east or in the east: an easterly direction — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; adverb; noun (an easterly, easterlies)

meaning for a pupil

1) Towards the east or in the east: an easterly direction. tree →

2) (of wind) Blowing from the east. tree →

3) (noun) A wind that comes from the east. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and weather lessons, an easterly wind blows FROM the east towards the west; compass directions and maps; phrases: «an easterly wind», «in an easterly direction», «the trade winds, or easterlies».

examples

• A cold easterly wind blew across the field. tree →
• We walked in an easterly direction towards the sunrise. tree →
• The ship sailed on an easterly course. tree →
• The easterlies near the equator are called trade winds. tree →
• The weather forecast says a strong easterly will bring snow. tree →
• Our school is on the easterly side of the town. tree →

note

Trap: a wind is named after where it comes FROM; an easterly wind blows from east to west. Similar: northerly, southerly, westerly. In UK weather, cold easterlies often come from Siberia («the Beast from the East»).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «easterly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.