ALL meanings of westerlies
west·er·ly
W w - adjective westerlies moving, directed, or situated toward the west: the westerly end of the field. 1
- adjective westerlies (especially of a wind) coming from the west: a westerly gale. 1
- adverb westerlies toward the west: to escape westerly. 1
- adverb westerlies from the west: a sharp wind blowing westerly. 1
- noun plural westerlies a wind that blows from the west: an occasional westerly that pommeled the island. 1
- noun plural westerlies westerlies, (used with a plural verb) any semipermanent belt of westerly winds, especially those that prevail at latitudes lying between the tropical and polar regions of the earth. 1
- noun westerlies Plural form of westerly. 1
- noun plural westerlies the prevailing winds blowing from the west on the poleward sides of the horse latitudes, often bringing depressions and anticyclones 0
- noun westerlies plural of westerly. 0