Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To wrap (something) around a center or another object once or repeatedly.
- intransitive verb To wrap or encircle (an object) in a series of coils; entwine.
- intransitive verb To go along (a curving or twisting course).
- intransitive verb To proceed on (one's way) with a curving or twisting course.
- intransitive verb To introduce in a disguised or devious manner; insinuate.
- intransitive verb To turn (a crank, for example) in a series of circular motions.
- intransitive verb To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example.
- intransitive verb To coil (thread, for example), as onto a spool or into a ball.
- intransitive verb To remove or unwind (thread, for example), as from a spool.
- intransitive verb To lift or haul by means of a windlass or winch.
- intransitive verb To move in or have a curving or twisting course.
- intransitive verb To move in or have a spiral or circular course.
- intransitive verb To be coiled or spiraled.
- intransitive verb To be twisted or whorled into curved forms.
- intransitive verb To proceed misleadingly or insidiously in discourse or conduct.
- intransitive verb To become wound.
- noun The act of winding.
- noun A single turn, twist, or curve.
- noun Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
- noun A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
- noun The direction from which a movement of air comes.
- noun A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass.
- noun Moving air carrying sound, an odor, or a scent.
- noun Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration.
- noun Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.
- noun The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra.
- noun Wind instruments or their players considered as a group.
- noun Woodwinds.
- noun Something that disrupts or destroys.
- noun A tendency; a trend.
- noun Information, especially of something concealed; intimation.
- noun Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage.
- noun Vain self-importance; pomposity.
- transitive verb To expose to free movement of air; ventilate or dry.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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Snow is falling and the wind is howling, as Washington and Knox stand together near the boat landing -- (_wind and murmur of crowd with occasional sharp commands in background through this scene.
Washington Crossing the Delaware Henry Fisk Carlton
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I now asked the Lord for two things, viz.: "That He would be pleased to change the _north wind into a south wind_, and that he would give the workmen a mind to work.
The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer 1870
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In the Old Testament the word wind is used many times to describe “things of no value” being tossed out in the current of air.
Babes with a Beatitude Linda P. Kozar 2009
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One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
RoguePundit 2008
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One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
RoguePundit 2008
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One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
RoguePundit 2008
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One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
RoguePundit 2008
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One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
RoguePundit 2008
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One of the things they point out is that the term wind farm is deceptive ... they're large-scale industrial facilities and need to be treated as such.
RoguePundit 2008
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lectric wind, sometimes called ionic wind, was discovered in 1709 by Francis Hauksbee the Elder, then the curator of instruments for the Royal Society of London.
'Ionic wind' could power planes, save energy and fight wild weather #author.fullName} 2021
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Airflow induced by electric fields, known as ionic wind, has already propelled a small aircraft – now engineers think it could help to ease the clean-energy transition and protect infrastructure from natural winds
'Ionic wind' could power planes, save energy and fight wild weather #author.fullName} 2021
bilby commented on the word wind
Strong.
September 7, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word 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. --from the definitions.
January 17, 2013
grandpa27 commented on the word wind
Wind - rimes with dimmed wind rimes with kind. Why is it so difficult to get these two words properly separated in the dictionary.
December 12, 2014 ⋅ delete ⋅ edit
December 12, 2014