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Meaning
Noun
●
Real or
perceived
movement
of
atmospheric
air
usually
caused
by
convection
or
differences
in
air
pressure.
●
Air
artificially
put in motion
by any
force
or action.
●
The ability to
breathe
easily.
●
News of an
event
, especially by
hearsay
or gossip.
●
A
tendency
or trend.
●
One of the
five
basic
elements
in Indian and Japanese
models
of the Classical
elements
.
●
Flatus.
●
Breath
modulated
by the
respiratory
and
vocal
organs
, or by an instrument.
●
In Music:
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.
●
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.
●
In Boxing:
The
region
of the
solar plexus
, where a
blow
may
paralyze
the
diaphragm
and cause
temporary
loss
of
breath
or other injury.
●
The
act
of
winding
or
turning
; a
turn
; a
bend
; a twist.
Verb
●
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.
●
In British English:
To cause a
baby
to
bring up
wind
by
patting
its back after being fed.
●
In British English:
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.
●
In Rest:
To
rest
(a
horse
, etc.) in order to
allow
the
breath
to be
recovered
; to
breath
e.
●
To
turn
a
windmill
so that its
sails
face
into the wind.
●
To
turn
coils
of (a
cord
or something
similar
) around something.
●
To
tighten
the
spring
of a
clockwork
mechanism
such as that of a clock.
●
To
entwist
; to
enfold
; to encircle.
●
To
travel
in a way
that is not straight.
●
To have
complete
control over; to
turn
and
bend
at
one's
pleasure
; to
vary
or
alter
at will
; to
regulate
; to govern.
●
To
introduce
by
insinuation
; to insinuate.
●
To
cover
or
surround
with something
coiled
about.
●
To cause to
move
by
exerting
a
winding
force
; to
haul
or
hoist
, as by a winch.
●
In Nautical:
To
turn
(a
ship
) around, end for end.
Name
●
A surname
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Origin
wind
English
windan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Breeze
Wind
Gas
Draft
Gale
Flatus
Winde
Agglomerate
Related
Air
Heat
Gust
Fog
Sun
Weather
Gusts
Light
Blow
Storm
Turbine
Lightning
Sunlight
Rain
Wake
Airflow
Clouds
Breezes
Water
Hook
Dust
Tides
Ocean
Spin
Steam
Snow
Turbines
Ice
Fire
Ramp
Lift
Rainfall
Roll
Jetstream
Power
Sweep
Drag
Waves
Energy
Grass
Wave
Tidal
Solar
Storms
Drift
Speed
Mist
Rotate
Ground
Sunshine
Updraft
Pull
Jet Stream
Sea Breeze
Cloud Cover
Solar Energy
Gulf Stream
Solar Radiation
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Rhymes
Ind
Find
Lind
Tind
Wind
Mind
Rind
Hind
Kind
Bind
Grind
Blind
Amind
Wined
Lined
Swind
Twined
Remind
Whined
Unwind
Tinned
Finned
Unmind
Brined
Crined
Unbind
Unkind
Rewind
Spined
Mankind
Aligned
Skinned
Unlined
Defined
Rescind
Chinned
Inclined
Assigned
Resigned
Entwined
Combined
Designed
Declined
Enshrined
Realigned
Redefined
Humankind
Re-Signed
Misaligned
Unassigned
Redesigned
Undermined
Underlined
Uninclined
Reassigned
Intertwined
Undersigned
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