Collins English-English Dictionary

wind [wɪnd]

1. 1. n a current of air, sometimes of considerable force, moving generally horizontally from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure - See also Beaufort scale

2. 2. n [chiefly poetic] the direction from which a wind blows, usually a cardinal point of the compass

3. 3. n air artificially moved, as by a fan, pump, etc

4. 4. n any sweeping and destructive force

5. 5. n a trend, tendency, or force

   the winds of revolution

6. 6. n [informal] a hint; suggestion

   we got wind that you were coming

7. 7. n something deemed insubstantial

   his talk was all wind

8. 8. n breath, as used in respiration or talk

   you're just wasting wind

9. 9. n (often used in sports) the power to breathe normally - See also second wind

   his wind is weak

10. 10. n [music] a wind instrument or wind instruments considered collectively

11. 11. n [often plural] the musicians who play wind instruments in an orchestra

12. 12. n [modifier] of, relating to, or composed of wind instruments

    a wind ensemble

13. 13. n an informal name for flatus

14. 14. n the air on which the scent of an animal is carried to hounds or on which the scent of a hunter is carried to his quarry

15. 15. vt. [tr] to cause (someone) to be short of breath

    the blow winded him

16. 16. vt. to detect the scent of

17. 17. vt. to pursue (quarry) by following its scent

18. 18. vt. to cause (a baby) to bring up wind after feeding by patting or rubbing on the back

19. 19. vt. to expose to air, as in drying, ventilating, etc

20. 20. vt. [Etymology] Old English wind; related to Old High German wint, Old Norse vindr, Gothic winds, Latin ventus

wind [waɪnd]

1. 1. vb [often foll by around, about, or upon] to turn or coil (string, cotton, etc) around some object or point or (of string, etc) to be turned etc, around some object or point

   he wound a scarf around his head

2. 2. n winding a twist in a board or plank

3. 3. vt. [tr] to twine, cover, or wreathe by or as if by coiling, wrapping, etc; encircle

   we wound the body in a shroud

4. 4. vt. [tr; often foll by up] to tighten the spring of (a clockwork mechanism)

5. 5. vt. [tr; foll by off] to remove by uncoiling or unwinding

6. 6. vt. [usually intr] to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

   the river winds through the hills

7. 7. vt. [tr] to introduce indirectly or deviously

   he is winding his own opinions into the report

8. 8. vt. [tr] to cause to twist or revolve

   he wound the handle

9. 9. vt. [tr; usually foll by up or down] to move by cranking

   please wind up the window

10. 10. vt. [tr] to haul, lift, or hoist (a weight, etc) by means of a wind or windlass

11. 11. vi. [intr] (of a board, etc) to be warped or twisted

12. 12. vi. [intr] [archaic] to proceed deviously or indirectly

13. 13. n the act of winding or state of being wound

14. 14. n a single turn, bend, etc

    a wind in the river

15. 15. n See also wind down wind up

16. 16. n [Etymology] Old English windan; related to Old Norse vinda, Old High German wintan (German winden)

wind [waɪnd]

1. 1. vt. [tr] [poetic] to blow (a note or signal) on (a horn, bugle, etc)

2. 2. vt. [Etymology] C16: special use of wind¹