wind meaning and definition

WIND noun

Definition of wind (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: 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"
   • synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness
5. an indication of potential opportunity
   • "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
   • synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
   • synonyms: wind instrument
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
   • synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus
8. the act of winding or twisting
   • "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
   • synonyms: twist, winding

WIND verb

Definition of wind (verb)

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"
   • synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave
2. extend in curves and turns
   • "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
   • synonyms: curve, twist
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"
   • synonyms: roll, twine, wrap
   • antonym: unroll
4. catch the scent of; get wind of
   • "The dog nosed out the drugs"
   • synonyms: nose, scent
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   • "wind your watch"
   • synonyms: wind up
6. form into a wreath
   • synonyms: wreathe
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   • "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
   • synonyms: hoist, lift