Sekirov Dictionary

wind

/ˈwɪnd/

noun 19
verb 8
/wɑjnd/ verb 9
/wɑjnd/ noun 1
forms 6
phrases 20

noun19

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air blowing from place to place, caused by heat or by differences in air pressure
- The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
- As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
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The ability to breathe easily.
- After the second lap he was already out of wind.
- The fall knocked the wind out of him.
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(figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
(informal) Flatus.
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(figurative) A tendency or trend.
- But many of those issues failed to draw Spanish voters, or even scared them, and the country’s election results went contrary to Europe’s political winds. — 2023
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
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Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
- In China, onshore wind is cheaper than gas-fired power, at $77 per MWh versus $113, but it is much more expensive still than coal-generated electricity, at $44, while solar PV power is at $109. — 2019
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A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- the four winds
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(figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- Nor think thou with wind / Of airy threats to awe. — 1667
One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
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Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. — 1700
(slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
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(slang) (usually as the wind) Something irrelevant; something that can be explained away.
- I don't know, man, must've been the wind.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
A bird, the dotterel.

verb8

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To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- The boxer was winded during round two.
(UK) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
(UK) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
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To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; / To horse, to horse, halloo, halloo! / His fiery courser snuffs the morn, / And thronging serfs their Lord pursue. — 1796
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To perceive or follow by scent.
- The hounds winded the game.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

wind

/wɑjnd/

verb9

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To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
- Whether to wind / The woodbine round this arbour. — 1667
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To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. — 1595
To cover or surround with something coiled about.
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To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
- Vines wind round a pole.
- The river winds through the plain.
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To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
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To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
- Quickly she slammed the door shut and panicking wound the window up as fast as her slippery fingers would allow. — 2012
To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
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To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- You have contrived[…]to wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical. — 1608
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To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- Gifts blind the vvise, and bribes do please, / And vvinde all other witnesses: […] — 1648

noun1

The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

forms

winded · wound · winding · windeth · winds · windest

Phrases with wind

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