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What (who) is wind - definition

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WIND; WIND (disambiguation); Wind (film)

wind

FLOW OF GASES OR AIR ON A LARGE SCALE

Winds; Aeolian activity; Aeolian Action; Gust (wind); Eolic; Blustery; Wind Cycle; Barometric gradient; Wind (weather); Anemology; Land and sea breeze; Wind strength; 🌬

wind¹ [w?nd]

¦ noun

1. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current blowing from a particular direction.

the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body.

2. breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, playing an instrument, etc.

3. Brit. air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion.

4. meaningless talk.

5. (also winds) [treated as sing. or plural] wind or woodwind instruments forming a band or section of an orchestra.

6. a scent carried by the wind, indicating the proximity of an animal or person.

¦ verb

1. cause to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.

2. Brit. make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back.

3. detect the scent of.

4. w??nd (past and past participle winded or wound wa?nd) literary sound (a bugle or call) by blowing.

Phrases

before the wind Sailing with the wind blowing from astern.

get wind of informal hear a rumour of.

off the wind Sailing with the wind on the quarter.

on a wind Sailing against a wind on either bow.

put (or have) the wind up Brit. informal alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened).

sail close to (or near) the wind

1. sail as nearly against the wind as possible.

2. behave or operate in a risky way.

take the wind out of someone's sails frustrate someone by anticipating an action or remark.

to the wind(s) (or the four winds) in all directions. [from 'And fear of death deliver to the winds' (Milton's Paradise Lost).]

Derivatives

windless adjective

Origin

OE, of Gmc origin.

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wind² [w??nd]

¦ verb (past and past participle wound wa?nd)

1. move in or take a twisting or spiral course.

2. pass (something) around a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold them.

(with reference to a length of something) twist or be twisted around itself or a core.

3. make (a clock or clockwork device) operate by turning a key or handle.

turn (a key or handle) repeatedly.

4. move (an audio or video tape or a film) back or forwards to a desired point.

5. hoist or draw with a windlass, winch, etc.

¦ noun

1. a twist or turn in a course.

2. a single turn made when winding.

Phrasal verbs

wind down

1. (of a clockwork mechanism) gradually lose power.

2. informal relax.

3. (also wind something down) draw or bring gradually to a close.

wind up informal end up in a specified state, situation, or place.

wind someone up Brit. informal tease or irritate someone.

wind something up

1. arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company.

2. gradually bring an activity to a conclusion.

3. informal increase the tension or power of something.

Origin

OE windan 'go rapidly, twine', of Gmc origin; related to wander and wend.

Wind

FLOW OF GASES OR AIR ON A LARGE SCALE

Winds; Aeolian activity; Aeolian Action; Gust (wind); Eolic; Blustery; Wind Cycle; Barometric gradient; Wind (weather); Anemology; Land and sea breeze; Wind strength; 🌬

·noun Power of respiration; breath.

II. Wind ·noun The Dotterel.

III. Wind ·noun Air impregnated with an odor or scent.

IV. Wind ·noun Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

V. Wind ·noun The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

VI. Wind ·vt To introduce by insinuation; to Insinuate.

VII. Wind ·noun Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.

VIII. Wind ·vt To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.

IX. Wind ·noun Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.

X. Wind ·vt To expose to the wind; to Winnow; to Ventilate.

XI. Wind ·noun Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an Instrument.

XII. Wind ·vt To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to Breathe.

XIII. Wind ·vt To Entwist; to Infold; to Encircle.

XIV. Wind ·noun Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.

XV. Wind ·vt To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.

XVI. Wind ·vt To Blow; to sound by blowing; ·esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.

XVII. Wind ·vi To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.

XVIII. Wind ·vt To perceive or follow by the scent; to Scent; to Nose; as, the hounds winded the game.

XIX. Wind ·vi To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.

XX. Wind ·noun 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.

XXI. Wind ·noun A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

XXII. Wind ·add. ·noun The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark.

XXIII. Wind ·vt To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to Regulate; to Govern.

XXIV. Wind ·vi To have a circular course or direction; to Crook; to Bend; to Meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.

XXV. Wind ·vt To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to Coil; to Twine; to Twist; to Wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.

wind

FLOW OF GASES OR AIR ON A LARGE SCALE

Winds; Aeolian activity; Aeolian Action; Gust (wind); Eolic; Blustery; Wind Cycle; Barometric gradient; Wind (weather); Anemology; Land and sea breeze; Wind strength; 🌬

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n. /wind/

movement, current of air

1) an adverse; balmy, gentle, light; biting, cold, cutting, icy; brisk, heavy, high, stiff, strong; fair, favorable; gale-force; gusty; head; raw; tail; trade wind

2) the prevailing winds

3) the wind blows; falls, subsides; howls; picks up

4) a blast, gust of wind

5) a down; up wind

6) (misc.) as free as the wind

knowledge

7) to get wind of smt.

breath

8) to catch, get one's second wind

9) out of wind

misc.

10) to break wind ('to expel rectal gas'); in the wind ('imminent'); to take the wind out of smb.'s sails ('to deflate smb.'); to see how the wind blows ('to see what is likely to happen'); to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

II

v. /waynd/

1) (d; tr.) to wind around, round (she wound the string around her finger)

2) (P; intr.) the procession wound through the town

3) (misc.) to wind smb. around one's little finger ('to manipulate smb.')

Wikipedia

Wind (disambiguation)

Wind is the movement of air.

Wind may also refer to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind (disambiguation)

Examples of use of wind

1. The other alternative, or at least it is or this week in St Andrews, is wind, wind and more wind.

2. On Sunday, high wind and falling temperatures created brisk wind chills in much of the state.

3. Allen was wearing hiking boots, a long–sleeved T–shirt, a wind jacket and wind pants.

4. We have the EU‘s biggest wind capacity, but fall far behind in wind farms.

5. It means harnessing sunlight and wind; workers even now are mapping the city‘s wind patterns.