wind
noun
1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
- trees bent under the fierce winds
- when there is no wind, row
Definition categories: phenomenon, conditions, weather
2. a tendency or force that influences events
- the winds of change
Definition categories: phenomenon, influence
3. breath
- the collision knocked the wind out of him
Definition categories: act, exhalation, expiration
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
- that's a lot of wind
Similar word(s): jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness
Definition categories: communication, talk, talking
5. an indication of potential opportunity
Similar word(s): hint, lead, steer, tip
Definition categories: communication, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
Definition categories: man–made, instrument
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Similar word(s): fart, farting, flatus
Definition categories: act, reflex
8. the act of winding or twisting
- he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Similar word(s): twist, winding
Definition categories: act, rotation
Sentences with wind as a noun:
- 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.
- the wind of a cannon ball;
- After the second lap he was already out of wind.
- The fall knocked the wind out of him.
- Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
- Eww. Someone just passed wind.
verb
1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- the river winds through the hills
Similar word(s): meander, thread, wander, weave
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. extend in curves and turns
- The road winds around the lake
Definition categories: stative, be
3. arrange or or coil around
Similar word(s): roll, twine, wrap
Definition categories: contact, displace, move
4. catch the scent of; get wind of
Definition categories: perception, smell
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- wind your watch
Definition categories: contact, fasten, tighten
6. form into a wreath
Similar word(s): wreathe
Definition categories: contact, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Definition categories: contact, elevate, lift, raise
Sentences with wind as a verb:
- The boxer was winded during round two.
- I can’t run another step — I’m winded.
- The hounds winded the game.
- to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
- Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
- Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain.
- to wind a rope with twine