wind

IPA: wˈaɪnd

noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
  • Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
  • (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
  • (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
  • (figurative) A tendency or trend.
  • (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
  • One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
  • (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
  • Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
  • (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
  • A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
  • Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
  • A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
  • (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
  • A bird, the dotterel.
  • (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
  • The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
  • A surname

verb

  • (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
  • (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
  • (transitive, Britain) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
  • (transitive, Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
  • (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  • (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
  • (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
  • (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
  • (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
  • (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
  • (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
  • (intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
  • (transitive) 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 introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
  • (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
  • (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
  • (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
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Examples of "wind" in Sentences

  • _He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind_.
  • In the Old Testament the word wind is used many times to describe “things of no value” being tossed out in the current of air.
  • One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
  • I now asked the Lord for two things, viz.: "That He would be pleased to change the _north wind into a south wind_, and that he would give the workmen a mind to work.
  • Snow is falling and the wind is howling, as Washington and Knox stand together near the boat landing -- (_wind and murmur of crowd with occasional sharp commands in background through this scene.

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