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wind

UK/waɪnd/ US/wɑjnd/ common slang uk
noun (8) verb (7)

noun

1.

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”
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2.

a tendency or force that influences events

  • “the winds of change”
3.

breath

  • “the collision knocked the wind out of him”
4.

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

  • “that”
  • “;”
  • “t give me any of that jazz”
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5.

an indication of potential opportunity

  • “he got a tip on the stock market”
  • “a good lead for a job”
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6.

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

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7.
8.

the act of winding or twisting

  • “he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind”
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verb

1.

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”
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2.

extend in curves and turns

  • “The road winds around the lake”
  • “the path twisted through the forest”
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3.

wrap or coil around

  • “roll your hair around your finger”
  • “Twine the thread around the spool”
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4.

catch the scent of; get wind of

  • “The dog nosed out the drugs”
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5.

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

  • “wind your watch”
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6.

form into a wreath

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7.

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

  • “hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
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Origin

From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German and German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese and Icelandic vindur (“wind”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Welsh gwynt (“wind”), Sanskrit वात (vā́ta, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.

Phrases

  • a sheet in the wind
  • a straw shows how the wind blows
  • Alabama wind chime
  • as the wind blows
  • bag of wind
  • between wind and water
  • blow wind up someone's skirt
  • blow with the wind
  • wind around one's little finger
  • wind back
  • wind back the clock
  • wind down

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