Wind - Definition

n 1: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area
of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "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" [syn: wind, air current,
current of air]
2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of
change"
3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
4: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind,
malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness]
5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an
enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn:
wind instrument, wind]
7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn:
fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind]
8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding,
twist]
v 1: 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" [syn: weave, wind,
thread, meander, wander]
2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake";
"the path twisted through the forest" [syn: wind, twist,
curve]
3: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll,
twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
4: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the
drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind]
5: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a
stem; "wind your watch" [syn: wind, wind up]
6: form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind]
7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift,
wind]