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wind
Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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noun
Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
“Trees bent under the fierce winds”
noun
A tendency or force that influences events
“The winds of change”
noun
Breath
“The collision knocked the wind out of him”
noun
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
“That's a lot of wind”
noun
An indication of potential opportunity
“He got a tip on the stock market”
noun
A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
noun
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
noun
The act of winding or twisting
“He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind”
verb
To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
“The river winds through the hills”
verb
Extend in curves and turns
“The road winds around the lake”
verb
Arrange or coil around
“Roll your hair around your finger”
verb
Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
“Wind your watch”
verb
Form into a wreath
verb
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
“Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
verb
Catch the scent of; get wind of
“The dog nosed out the drugs”
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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
The winds of change
The collision knocked the wind out of him
That's a lot of wind
Don't give me any of that jazz
He got a tip on the stock market
A good lead for a job
He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
The river winds through the hills
The path meanders through the vineyards
Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
The road winds around the lake
The path twisted through the forest
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
She wrapped her arms around the child
Wind your watch
Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
The dog nosed out the drugs
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