WIND
\wˈɪnd], \wˈɪnd], \w_ˈɪ_n_d]\
Definitions of WIND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
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empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
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catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
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breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
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a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
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coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
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form into a wreath
By Princeton University
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a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
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empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
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catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
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breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
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a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
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coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
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form into a wreath
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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".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The dotterel.
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The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark.
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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.
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To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
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To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
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To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
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To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
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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.
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The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
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Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
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Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
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Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
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Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
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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.
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A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
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Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
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To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
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To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
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To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
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To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
By Oddity Software
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The dotterel.
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The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark.
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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.
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To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
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To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
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To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
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To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
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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.
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The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
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Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
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Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
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Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
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Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
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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.
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A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
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Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
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To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
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To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
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To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
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To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
By Noah Webster.
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Air in motion; a natural current of air; breeze; breath; anything insignificant or light as air; idle words; air filled with a scent; as, the hound got wind of the fox; hence, news; as, to get wind of a plot; gas formed in the digestive organs of the body.
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To allow the air to blow upon; to scent, as hounds in a fox hunt; to put out of breath.
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To turn round something; twist; to bend in a course; to go a roundabout way.
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To coil, twist, or twine; to set in motion by turning a crank or screw; to entwine; to turn, as about something fixed; to direct or introduce by artful means; as, he winds himself into favor; to blow (a horn).
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A bend, coil, or twist.
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Winding.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Air in motion: breath: flatulence: anything insignificant.
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(wind) To sound by blowing: (wind) to expose to the wind: to drive hard, so as to put out of breath: to allow to recover wind:-pr.p. winding and winding; pa.p. wound and winded.
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To turn round, to twist: to coil: to encircle: to change.
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To turn completely or often: to turn round something: to twist: to move spirally: to meander:-pr.p. winding; pa.t. and pa.p. wound.
By Daniel Lyons
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Air in motion; breath; anything insignificant.
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To sound by blowing.
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To turn around; coil; encircle.
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To turn round; move spirally; meander.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A current of air.
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To pass around; twine; twist; turn; wreathe; encircle.
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To blow, as a horn; sound by blowing.
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To detect or follow by scent.
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To exhaust the breath of, as by running; put out of breath.
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Lung power; breath.
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A winding; a bend, turn, or twist.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity ; a current of air ; a breeze :—air artificially put in motion ;—breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs or by an instrument ;—power of respiration ; breath ;--gas generated in the stomach and bowels ; flatulence ;—air impregnated with an odour or scent; —a direction in which the wind may blow ; a point of the compass; especially one of the cardinal points ; anything insignificant or light as wind ; mere breath or talk.
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