Definitions of Wind [ˌwaɪn dɪd]

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Definition of 'Wind'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) wind
air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface, caused by temperature differentials in air.

2.  wind
a gale; storm; hurricane.

3.  wind
any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.

4.  wind
wind instruments collectively, as distinguished from percussion and strings.

5.  wind
winds, the members of a band or orchestra playing wind instruments.

6.  wind
breath or breathing:
to catch one's wind.

7.  wind
the power of breathing freely, as during continued exertion.

8.  wind
any influential force or trend:
the winds of public opinion.

9.  wind
a hint or intimation:
to catch wind of a stock split.

10.  wind
air carrying an animal's odor or scent.

11.  wind
empty talk; mere words.

12.  wind
vanity; conceit.

13.  wind
gas generated in the stomach and intestines.

14. (v.t.) wind
to expose to wind or air.

15.  wind
to follow by the scent.

16.  wind
to make short of wind or breath, as by vigorous exercise.

17.  wind
to let recover breath, as by resting after exertion.

18. (v.i.) wind
to catch the scent or odor of game.

19.  wind
how or which way the wind blows or lies, what the tendency or probability is.

20.  wind
in the teeth or eye of the wind, directly into or against the wind.

21.  wind
in the wind, about to occur; impending.

22.  wind
off the wind,

23.  wind
away from the wind; with the wind at one's back.

24.  wind
(of a sailing vessel) headed into the wind with sails shaking or aback.

25.  wind
on the or a wind, as close as possible to the wind.

26.  wind
sail close to the wind,

27.  wind
to sail as nearly as possible in the direction from which the wind is blowing.

28.  wind
to practice economy in one's affairs.

29.  wind
to verge on a breach of propriety or decency.

30.  wind
to take a risk.

31.  wind
take the wind out of one's sails, to destroy one's self-assurance; disconcert or deflate one.

32. (v.i.) wind
to take a frequently bending course; change direction; meander:
The stream winds through the forest.

33.  wind
to have a circular or spiral course or direction.

34.  wind
to coil or twine about something.

35.  wind
to proceed circuitously or indirectly.

36.  wind
to undergo winding or winding up.

37.  wind
to be twisted or warped, as a board.

38. (v.t.) wind
to encircle or wreathe, as with something twined, wrapped, or placed about.

39.  wind
to roll or coil (thread, string, etc.) into a ball, on a spool, or the like (often fol. by up).

40.  wind
to remove or take off by unwinding (usu. fol. by off or from):
to wind thread off a bobbin.

41.  wind
to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something.

42.  wind
to make (a mechanism) operational by turning a key, crank, etc. (often fol. by up):
to wind a clock.

43.  wind
to haul or hoist by means of a winch, windlass, or the like (often fol. by up).

44.  wind
to make (one's or its way) in a bending or curving course.

45.  wind
to make (one's or its way) by indirect, stealthy, or devious procedure:
wound his way into our confidence.

46.  wind
wind down,

47.  wind
to bring or come to a gradual conclusion.

48.  wind
to calm down; relax.

49.  wind
wind up,

50.  wind
to bring or come to a conclusion:
to wind up a campaign.

51.  wind
to end up:
to wind up in jail.

52.  wind
to make tense or nervous; excite:
She got all wound up before the game.

53. (n.) wind
the act of winding.

54.  wind
a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound.

55.  wind
a twist producing an uneven surface.

56. (v.t.) wind
to blow (a horn, etc.).

57.  wind
to sound by blowing.

58.  WInd
West Indian.

Definition of 'Wind'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) wind, air current, current of air
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"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

2. (noun) wind
a tendency or force that influences events
"the winds of change"

3. (noun) wind
breath
"the collision knocked the wind out of him"

4. (noun) wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
"that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"

5. (noun) tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
an indication of potential opportunity
"he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

6. (noun) wind instrument, wind
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

7. (noun) fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

8. (verb) wind, winding, twist
the act of winding or twisting
"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

9. (verb) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
"the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

10. (verb) wind, twist, curve
extend in curves and turns
"The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

11. (verb) wind, wrap, roll, twine
arrange or or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

12. (verb) scent, nose, wind
catch the scent of; get wind of
"The dog nosed out the drugs"

13. (verb) wind, wind up
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
"wind your watch"

14. (verb) wreathe, wind
form into a wreath

15. (verb) hoist, lift, wind
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

Definition of 'Wind'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) wind
air that blows in a current
a strong/light wind; Her hair was blowing in the wind.; a gust of wind

2.  wind
gas in your stomach that makes it hurt
***I've got terrible wind.

3.  wind
get wind of
to hear about sth secret
We don't want anyone getting wind of this story.

4. (verb) wind
to wrap sth around sth
Wind the thread around your finger.

5.  wind
to bend and curve a lot
a road winding through the hills

Definition of 'Wind'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Wind
the act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding

2. (noun) Wind
air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air

3. (noun) Wind
air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows

4. (noun) Wind
breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument

5. (noun) Wind
power of respiration; breath

6. (noun) Wind
air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind

7. (noun) Wind
air impregnated with an odor or scent

8. (noun) Wind
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

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

10. (noun) Wind
mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words

11. (noun) Wind
the dotterel

12. (verb) Wind
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

13. (verb) Wind
to entwist; to infold; to encircle

14. (verb) Wind
to have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern

15. (verb) Wind
to introduce by insinuation; to insinuate

16. (verb) Wind
to cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine

17. (verb) Wind
to turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole

18. (verb) Wind
to have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees

19. (verb) Wind
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

20. (verb) Wind
to expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate

21. (verb) Wind
to perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game

22. (verb) Wind
to drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath

23. (verb) Wind
to rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe

24. (verb) Wind
to blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes

Definition of 'Wind'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Wind
The motion of air relative to the earth's surface.

Translation of 'Wind'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (an) outdoor current of air The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.
Afrikaans: wind	Arabic: ريح	Bulgarian: вятър
Brazilian: vento	Czech: vítr	German: der Wind
Danish: vind	Greek: αέρας, άνεμος	Spanish: viento, aire
Estonian: tuul	Farsi: باد	Finnish: tuuli
French: vent	Hebrew: רוּחַ	Hindi: हवा
Croatian: vjetar	Hungarian: szél	Indonesian: angin
Icelandic: vindur	Italian: vento	Japanese: 風
Korean: 바람	Lithuanian: vėjas	Latvian: vējš
Malay: angin	Dutch: wind	Norwegian: vind
Polish: wiatr	Persian: باد	Pashto: حلقه، پيچ، باد، سيلۍ، توف
Portuguese: vento	Romanian: vânt	Russian: ветер
Slovak: vietor	Slovenian: veter	Serbian: vetar
Swedish: vind, blåst	Thai: ลม	Turkish: rüzgâr
Taiwanese: 風	Ukrainian: вітер	Urdu: تیز ہوا
Vietnamese: gió	Chinese: 风
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