Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: air current, current of air |
2. | wind - a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change" | |
3. | wind - breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" | |
4. | wind - empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" | |
5. | wind - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" | |
6. | wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath Synonyms: wind instrument | |
7. | wind - a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | |
8. | wind - the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" | |
Verb | 1. | wind - 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" |
2. | wind - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake" Synonyms: curve | |
3. | wind - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool" | |
4. | wind - catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" | |
5. | wind - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" Synonyms: wind up | |
6. | wind - form into a wreath Synonyms: wreathe | |
7. | wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" |