WIND


WIND


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Word: wind
Phonetic: /ˈwaɪnd/
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Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. Example: As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. Example: the wind of a cannon ball;  the wind of a bellows
The ability to breathe easily. Example: After the second lap he was already out of wind.
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.) Example: Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements).
Flatus. Example: Eww. Someone just passed wind.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
A bird, the dotterel.
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. Example: The boxer was winded during round two.
To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
To perceive or follow by scent. Example: The hounds winded the game.
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.


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