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English to English noun
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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
• the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere
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a tendency or force that influences events |
• the winds of change
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• the collision knocked the wind out of him
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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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an indication of potential opportunity |
• he got a tip on the stock market
• a good lead for a job
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a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath | source: wordnet30
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a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | source: wordnet30
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the act of winding or twisting |
• he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
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The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding. | source: webster1913
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Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. | source: webster1913
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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. | source: webster1913 verb
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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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extend in curves and turns |
• The road winds around the lake
• the path twisted through the forest
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arrange or or coil around |
• roll your hair around your finger
• Twine the thread around the spool
• She wrapped her arms around the child
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catch the scent of; get wind of |
• The dog nosed out the drugs
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coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem |
• wind your watch
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raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help |
• hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
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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. | source: webster1913
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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. | source: webster1913
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To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. | source: webster1913
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To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. | source: webster1913
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