Sail close to the wind in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “sail close to the wind” in Hindi is लगभग हवा के प्रतिकुल चलना, pronounced lagabhag hava ke pratikul chalana — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, while still making headway.
Sense 2 (“to behave in a manner on the verge of being dangerous, illegal, or improper”) derives from the fact that to sail an old-fashioned sailing ship close to the direction the wind was blowing from was risky because a small change in the wind direction could fill the sails and push them against the mast, potentially breaking it.
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