wind

(noun, verb)

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

Similar word(s): curve, twist

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

Similar word(s): nose, scent

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

Similar word(s): hoist, lift

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