Definition of
Wind
- (noun, act) the act of winding or twisting
- (noun, act) breath
- (noun, act) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- (noun, artifact) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
- (noun, communication) an indication of potential opportunity
a good lead for a job - (noun, communication) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
don't give me any of that jazz - (noun, phenomenon) a tendency or force that influences events
- (noun, phenomenon) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
when there is no wind, row
the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere - (verb, contact) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- (verb, contact) form into a wreath
- (verb, contact) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- (verb, contact) arrange or or coil around
Twine the thread around the spool
She wrapped her arms around the child - (verb, motion) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
the path meanders through the vineyards
sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body - (verb, perception) catch the scent of; get wind of
- (verb, stative) extend in curves and turns
the path twisted through the forest
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Wind
air current, breaking wind, confidential information, current of air, curve, fart, farting, flatus, hint, hoist, idle words, jazz, lead, lift, malarkey, malarky, meander, nose, nothingness, roll, scent, steer, thread, tip, twine, twist, wander, weave, wind instrument, wind up, winding, wrap, wreathe
Antonyms of Wind
Alternate forms of Wind
Derivations: wind, winder, windy
Hyponyms: air, airstream, ball, blast, blow, boreas, brass, brass instrument, breeze, calm, calm air, catabatic wind, chinook, chinook wind, circumvolute, clew, clue, coil, crosswind, curl, doldrums, draft, draught, east wind, easter, easterly, foehn, fohn, free-reed instrument, gale, gentle wind, gust, harmattan, headwind, high wind, katabatic wind, kazoo, khamsin, loop, monsoon, north wind, norther, northerly, northwest wind, northwester, ocarina, organ, organ pipe, pipe, pipe organ, pipework, post horn, prevailing wind, reel, samiel, santa ana, simoom, simoon, snake, snow eater, sou'easter, sou'wester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly, southwester, spiral, spool, squall, sweet potato, tailwind, thermal, trice, trice up, west wind, wester, whistle, wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument, zephyr
Hypernyms: atmospheric condition, be, breathing out, bring up, conditions, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, displace, elevate, enlace, entwine, exhalation, expiration, fasten, get up, go, guidance, inborn reflex, influence, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, instrument, interlace, intertwine, lace, lift, locomote, move, musical instrument, physiological reaction, raise, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, rotary motion, rotation, smell, talk, talking, tighten, travel, twine, unconditioned reflex, weather, weather condition
Origin of the word Wind
- "air in motion," O.E. wind, from P.Gmc. *wendas (cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du. wind, O.N. vindr, O.H.G. wind, Ger. Wind, Goth. winds), from PIE *we-nt-o- "blowing," from base *we- "to blow" (cf. Skt. va-, Gk. aemi-, Goth. waian, O.E. wawan, O.H.G. wajan, Ger. wehen, O.C.S. vejat… more
- "move by turning and twisting," O.E. windan "to turn, twist, wind" (class III strong verb; past tense wand, pp. wunden), from P.Gmc. *wendanan (cf. O.S. windan, O.N. vinda, O.Fris. winda, Du. winden, O.H.G. wintan, Ger. winden, Goth. windan "to wind"), from PIE *wendh- "to turn, wind, weave" (cf… more
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