Wind

noun winds · winde

1. countable, uncountable Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
2. countable, uncountable Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. the wind of a cannon ball
3. countable, uncountable The ability to breathe easily. After the second lap he was already out of wind.
4. countable, figuratively, uncountable News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. to catch wind of something
5. countable, figuratively, uncountable A tendency or trend. the wind of change
6. countable, uncountable One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
7. countable, uncountable One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
8. colloquial, uncountable Flatus. to pass wind
9. countable, uncountable Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
10. countable, uncountable The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
11. countable, uncountable A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
12. countable, uncountable A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points. the four winds
13. countable, uncountable Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
14. countable, uncountable A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
15. countable, figuratively, uncountable Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. Nor think thou with wind / Of airy threats to awe.
16. countable, uncountable A bird, the dotterel.
17. countable, slang, uncountable The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
18. countable, ironic, slang, uncountable (usually as the wind) Something irrelevant; something that can be explained away. I don't know, man, must've been the wind.
19. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)wind power Invest in wind for example through the municipality's energy company

Similar: draft, gale, wind

verb winds · winding · winded · wound

1. transitive To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. 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. transitive To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. The boxer was winded during round two.
3. UK, transitive To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4. UK, transitive To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
5. transitive To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
6. transitive To perceive or follow by scent. The hounds winded the game.
7. transitive To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
8. transitive To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

verb winds · winding · wound · winded

1. transitive To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something. to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
2. transitive To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism. Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
3. transitive To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.
4. intransitive To travel or follow a path with numerous curves. Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.
5. transitive To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern. to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
6. transitive To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. You have contrived[…]to wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical.
7. transitive To cover or surround with something coiled about. to wind a rope with twine
8. transitive To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch. Quickly she slammed the door shut and panicking wound the window up as fast as her slippery fingers would allow.
9. transitive To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

noun winds

1. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

Similar: wind

proper noun

1. A surname