Definition of wind

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wind - 16 definitions

- noun
1. wind -- 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"
synonyms: air current, current of air
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. wind -- a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
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3. wind -- breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. wind -- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
synonyms: malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness
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5. tip -- an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
synonyms: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint
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6. wind instrument -- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
synonyms: wind instrument
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7. fart -- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
synonyms: fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind
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8. wind -- the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
synonyms: winding, twist
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
9. weave -- 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"
synonyms: weave, thread, meander, wander
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
10. wind -- extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
synonyms: twist, curve
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11. wind -- arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
synonyms: wrap, roll, twine
antonyms: unwind -- reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
12. scent -- catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
synonyms: scent, nose
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13. wind -- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
synonyms: wind up
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
14. wreathe -- form into a wreath
synonyms: wreathe
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
15. hoist -- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
synonyms: hoist, lift
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
16. wind, winds -- to pass around an object or fixed center
synonyms: winds, rewind, winded, windle, windable
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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Antonyms
unwind -- reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"

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