Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having breath or respiratory power of a specified kind. Often used in combination.
- adjective Out of breath.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
wind . (To cause a person to lose their breath) - adjective short of breath
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective breathing laboriously or convulsively
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Examples
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We only stopped talking when we were completely winded from the mountains, were taking pee breaks, (even those are minimally private in open Haitian country-side), or enjoying well-earned sleep.
Archive 2008-03-01 Kate Fleurange 2008
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We only stopped talking when we were completely winded from the mountains, were taking pee breaks, (even those are minimally private in open Haitian country-side), or enjoying well-earned sleep.
Haitian hiking Kate Fleurange 2008
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I don't know about you, but I think being long-winded is a sign of intelligence ...
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Already on the second page he made a deft, poetic substitution, changing "the abortive sorrows and unjustified elations of men" to "the abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of men" – I like the echo of abortive sorrows in shortwinded, and how that brief flutter of air does its sorry best to lift elations.
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We rattled forward, on and upward, as if the panorama were unrolling and we were the static point, getting out of nobody's way for the best reason in the world -- that everybody hid at first sight or sound of us, except when we passed near villages, and then the great fierce-fanged curs chased and bayed behind us in short-winded fury.
The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920
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We rattled forward, on and upward, as if the panorama were unrolling and we were the static point, getting out of nobody's way for the best reason in the world -- that everybody hid at first sight or sound of us, except when we passed near villages, and then the great fierce-fanged curs chased and bayed behind us in short-winded fury.
The Eye of Zeitoon Talbot Mundy 1909
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And there were a couple of actual sprints in there, too, which was the only time I got winded, which is incredibly exciting to me.
breathe in, breathe out, move on matociquala 2008
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He should not be inaccurate, which, however, is not much; he should not be long-winded, which is a good deal; he should not be ill-tempered, which is more; but none of these faults are so damnable as eloquence.
Can You Forgive Her? 1993
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He should not be inaccurate, which, however, is not much; he should not be long-winded, which is a good deal; he should not be ill-tempered, which is more; but none of these faults are so damnable as eloquence.
Can you forgive her? 1864
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He should not be inaccurate, which, however, is not much; he should not be long-winded, which is a good deal; he should not be ill-tempered, which is more; but none of these faults are so damnable as eloquence.
Can You Forgive Her? Anthony Trollope 1848
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