Words with a similar base: breaking_wind, wind, wind_instrument, wind_up, winding

'wind'
[wind.n.01] as in: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure


Examples:
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



'wind'
[wind.n.02] as in: a tendency or force that influences events


Examples:
the winds of change



'wind'
[wind.n.03] as in: breath


Examples:
the collision knocked the wind out of him



'wind'
[wind.n.04] as in: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk


Examples:
that's a lot of wind
don't give me any of that jazz



'wind'
[tip.n.03] as in: an indication of potential opportunity


Examples:
he got a tip on the stock market
a good lead for a job



'wind'
[wind_instrument.n.01] as in: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath



'wind'
[fart.n.01] as in: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus



'wind'
[wind.n.08] as in: the act of winding or twisting


Examples:
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind



'wind'
[weave.v.04] as in: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course


Examples:
the river winds through the hills
the path meanders through the vineyards
sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body



'wind'
[wind.v.02] as in: extend in curves and turns


Examples:
The road winds around the lake
the path twisted through the forest



'wind'
[wind.v.03] as in: arrange or or coil around


Examples:
roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
She wrapped her arms around the child



'wind'
[scent.v.02] as in: catch the scent of; get wind of


Examples:
The dog nosed out the drugs



'wind'
[wind.v.05] as in: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem


Examples:
wind your watch



'wind'
[wreathe.v.03] as in: form into a wreath



'wind'
[hoist.v.01] as in: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help


Examples:
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car



					

wind (English)
└── windan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))


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