wind
v.
turn, coil; twist around, convolute; meander; bind, bandage; be bound; be twisted around; change direction
n.
act of twisting or turning; bend; curve
v.
air out, ventilate; blow a wind instrument; make sound by blowing; search out by smell; cause to be out of breath; catch one´s breath
n.
breeze; direction of the wind; gale; breath; wind instrument (Music); intestinal gas; social or political current; hint; nonsense; conceit
WIND
Wind
Wind is the
flow of
air. More generally, it is the flow of the
gases which compose an
atmosphere; since wind is not only an
Earth based
phenomenon.Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the geographic regions in which they occur, or their effect.There are global winds, such as the wind belts which exist between the atmospheric circulation cells. There are upper-level winds which typically include narrow belts of concentrated flow called
jet streams. There are synoptic-scale winds that result from pressure differences in surface air masses in the middle latitudes, and there are winds that come about as a consequence of
geographic features, such as the
sea breezes.
Mesoscale winds are those which act on a local scale, such as gust fronts. At the smallest scale are the microscale winds, which blow on a scale of only tens to hundreds of meters and are essentially unpredictable, such as
dust devils and
microbursts.
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Wind (der)
n.
wind, breeze
wind (de)
n.
wind
winden
v.
wind, wreathe
Wind
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
(n.)
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
(n.)
Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
(n.)
Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
(n.)
Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
(n.)
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
(n.)
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
(n.)
Power of respiration; breath.
(n.)
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
(n.)
The dotterel.
(v. i.)
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
(v. i.)
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
(v. i.)
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
(v. t.)
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
(v. t.)
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
(v. t.)
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
(v. t.)
To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
(v. t.)
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
(v. t.)
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
(v. t.)
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
(v. t.)
To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
(v. t.)
To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
(v. t.)
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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