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| wind |
| 1. n. 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. |
| As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack. |
| The winds in Chicago are fierce. |
| There was a sudden gust of wind. |
| 2. n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. |
| the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows |
| 3. n. The ability to breathe easily. |
| After the second lap he was already out of wind. |
| The fall knocked the wind out of him. |
| 4. n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.) |
| Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend. |
| 5. n. (India, and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements). |
| 6. n. (colloquial) Flatus. |
| Eww. Someone just passed wind. |
| 7. n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. |
| 8. n. (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section. |
| 9. n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds". |
| 10. n. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds. |
| 11. n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. |
| 12. n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. |
| 13. n. A bird, the dotterel. |
| 14. n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury. |
| 15. v. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. |
| 16. v. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen. |
| The boxer was winded during round two. |
| 17. v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath. |
| I can’t run another step — I’m winded. |
| 18. v. (British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. |
| 19. v. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. |
| 20. v. To perceive or follow by scent. |
| The hounds winded the game. |
| 21. v. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. |
| 22. v. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something. |
| to wind thread on a spool or into a ball |
| 23. v. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock. |
| Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock. |
| 24. v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. |
| 25. v. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight. |
| Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain. |
| 26. v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. |
| 27. v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. |
| 28. v. To cover or surround with something coiled about. |
| to wind a rope with twine |
| 29. v. To make a winding motion. |
| 30. n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist. |
| 31. n. topics, en, Atmospheric phenomena |
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| vind |
| 1. adj. bent, twisted, warped (not straight) |
| 2. n-c. a wind; movement of air |
| 3. n-c. an attic, a loft |
