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1. (n.) windmill
any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails.
2. windmill
an imaginary opponent, wrong, etc. (in allusion to Cervantes' Don Quixote):
to tilt at windmills.
3. (v.i.) windmill
to move like a windmill.
4. windmill
(of a propeller) to turn by itself, unpowered, driven only by the force of the airstream.
5. (v.t.) windmill
to cause to move like a windmill.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'windmill' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) windmill
a mill that is powered by the wind
2. (noun) windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator
generator that extracts usable energy from winds
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1. (noun) windmill
a tall building with blades that turn in the wind
the windmills of the Netherlands
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| Definition of 'windmill' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) windmill
a mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft
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Sense: a machine with sails that work by wind power, for grinding corn or pumping water.
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 Afrikaans: windmeul |
 Arabic: طاحونَه هَوائِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: вятърна мелница |
 Brazilian: moinho de vento |
 Czech: větrný mlýn |
 German: die Windmühle |
 Danish: vindmølle |
 Greek: ανεμόμυλος |
 Spanish: molino de viento |
 Estonian: tuuleveski |
 Farsi: چرخش موتور با باد یا اب |
 Finnish: tuulimylly |
 French: moulinà vent |
 Hebrew: טַחֲנַת רוּחַ |
 Hindi: पवनचक्की |
 Croatian: vjetrenjača |
 Hungarian: szélmalom |
 Indonesian: kincir angin |
 Icelandic: vindmylla |
 Italian: mulino a vento |
 Japanese: 風車 |
 Korean: 풍차 |
 Lithuanian: vėjo malūnas |
 Latvian: vējdzirnavas |
 Malay: kincir angin |
 Dutch: windmolen |
 Norwegian: vindmølle |
 Polish: wiatrak |
 Persian: چرخش موتور با باد یا اب |
 Pashto: بادي ژرنده |
 Portuguese: moinho de vento |
 Romanian: moară de vânt |
 Russian: ветряная мельница |
 Slovak: veterný mlyn |
 Slovenian: mlin na veter |
 Serbian: vetrenjača |
 Swedish: väderkvarn |
 Thai: กังหันลม |
 Turkish: yel değirmeni |
 Taiwanese: 風車 |
 Ukrainian: вітряк |
 Urdu: پون چکی |
 Vietnamese: cối xay gió |
 Chinese: 风车 |
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