wind

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"

synset: wind, air_current, current_of_air

2. a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"

synset: wind

3. breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"

synset: wind

4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"

synset: wind, malarkey, malarky, idle_words, jazz, nothingness

5. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

synset: tip, lead, steer, confidential_information, wind, hint

6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath

synset: wind_instrument, wind

7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

synset: fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking_wind

8. the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

synset: wind, winding, twist

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"

synset: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander

2. extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

synset: wind, twist, curve

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"

synset: wind, wrap, roll, twine

antonym: unwind, wind_off, unroll

4. catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"

synset: scent, nose, wind

5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"

synset: wind, wind_up

6. form into a wreath

synset: wreathe, wind

7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

synset: hoist, lift, wind

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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