1. (noun)wind, air current, current of air air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of highpressure 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 emptyrhetoric 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 potentialopportunity "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
6. (noun)wind instrument, wind a musicalinstrument 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. (noun)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 circularcourse "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"
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