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Wind

//wɪnd// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname

Noun

1
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. countable, uncountable
"The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship."
2
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
3
the act of winding or twisting wordnet
4
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. countable, uncountable
"the wind of a cannon ball"
5
breath wordnet

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6
The ability to breathe easily. countable, uncountable
"After the second lap he was already out of wind."
7
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus wordnet
8
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"to catch wind of something"
9
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath wordnet
10
A tendency or trend. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"the wind of change"
11
an indication of potential opportunity wordnet
12
One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air. countable, uncountable
13
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk wordnet
14
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements. countable, uncountable
15
a tendency or force that influences events wordnet
16
Flatus. colloquial, uncountable
"to pass wind"
17
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure wordnet
18
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. countable, uncountable
"Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind."
19
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section. countable, uncountable
20
A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument. countable, uncountable
21
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points. countable, uncountable
"the four winds"
22
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds. countable, uncountable
23
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. countable, uncountable
24
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Nor think thou with wind / Of airy threats to awe."
25
A bird, the dotterel. countable, uncountable
26
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury. countable, slang, uncountable

Verb

1
To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. transitive
"Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; / To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! / His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, / And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue."
2
To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something. transitive
"to wind thread on a spool or into a ball"
3
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help wordnet
4
To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. transitive
"The boxer was winded during round two."
5
To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism. transitive
"Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock."

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6
form into a wreath wordnet
7
To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed. British, transitive
8
To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. transitive
"Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms."
9
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem wordnet
10
To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. British, transitive
11
To travel or follow a path with numerous curves. intransitive
"Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain."
12
arrange or coil around wordnet
13
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. transitive
14
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern. transitive
"to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus"
15
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course wordnet
16
To perceive or follow by scent. transitive
"The hounds winded the game."
17
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. transitive
"You have contrived[…]to wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical."
18
catch the scent of; get wind of wordnet
19
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. transitive
20
To cover or surround with something coiled about. transitive
"to wind a rope with twine"
21
extend in curves and turns wordnet
22
To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind. transitive
23
To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch. transitive
"Quickly she slammed the door shut and panicking wound the window up as fast as her slippery fingers would allow."
24
To turn (a ship) around, end for end. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German, German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese, Icelandic vindur (“wind”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Welsh gwynt (“wind”), Sanskrit वात (vā́ta, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English wynden, from Old English windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde, Walloon windea. See also the related term wend.

Etymology 4

Etymology 5

* As an English surname, from wind (both senses). This surname also appears in Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and German with the same senses, such as Wint. Compare De Wind. * Also as a German surname, variant of Wendt.

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