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Quick definitions from WordNet (wind)
▸ noun: the act of winding or twisting ("He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind")
▸ noun: breath ("The collision knocked the wind out of him")
▸ noun: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk ("That's a lot of wind")
▸ noun: a tendency or force that influences events ("The winds of change")
▸ noun: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure ("Trees bent under the fierce winds")
▸ noun: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
▸ noun: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
▸ noun: an indication of potential opportunity
▸ verb: extend in curves and turns ("The road winds around the lake")
▸ verb: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem ("Wind your watch")
▸ verb: wrap or coil around
▸ verb: form into a wreath
▸ verb: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course ("The river winds through the hills")
▸ verb: catch the scent of; get wind of
▸ verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #19861)
▸ Also see wound
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wind
▸ Usage examples for wind
▸ Idioms related to wind (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing wind
▸ Words that often appear near wind
▸ Rhymes of wind
▸ Invented words related to wind
▸ noun: the act of winding or twisting ("He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind")
▸ noun: breath ("The collision knocked the wind out of him")
▸ noun: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk ("That's a lot of wind")
▸ noun: a tendency or force that influences events ("The winds of change")
▸ noun: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure ("Trees bent under the fierce winds")
▸ noun: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
▸ noun: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
▸ noun: an indication of potential opportunity
▸ verb: extend in curves and turns ("The road winds around the lake")
▸ verb: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem ("Wind your watch")
▸ verb: wrap or coil around
▸ verb: form into a wreath
▸ verb: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course ("The river winds through the hills")
▸ verb: catch the scent of; get wind of
▸ verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #19861)
▸ Also see wound
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to wind
▸ Usage examples for wind
▸ Idioms related to wind (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing wind
▸ Words that often appear near wind
▸ Rhymes of wind
▸ Invented words related to wind