Wind

Noun

 * 1)  Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
 * The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
 * As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
 * The winds in Chicago are fierce.
 * 1)  The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath.
 * After the second lap he was already out of wind.
 * Give me a minute before we jog the next mile — I need a second wind.
 * 1)  One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
 * 2)  Flatus.
 * Ewww. Someone passed wind.

Synonyms

 * breeze, draft, gale; see also Thesaurus:wind
 * gas ; see also Thesaurus:flatus

Derived terms

 * break wind
 * close to the wind
 * crosswind
 * downwind
 * fair wind
 * foul wind
 * get one's wind back
 * get the wind up
 * get wind of
 * go like the wind
 * headwind
 * long-winded
 * pass wind
 * run like the wind
 * scattered to the four winds
 * second wind
 * see which way the wind is blowing
 * sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
 * tailwind


 * the winds
 * trade wind
 * take the wind out of somebody's sails
 * three sheets to the wind
 * throw caution to the wind
 * throw to the wind
 * twist in the wind
 * upwind
 * whirlwind
 * windbag
 * wind band
 * wind-blown
 * windboard
 * windbound
 * wind-break, windbreak
 * windbreaker
 * wind-breaker
 * windburn


 * wind chart
 * wind-cheater, windcheater
 * windchill
 * wind chimes
 * wind cone, windcone
 * wind egg
 * windfall
 * wind farm
 * wind force
 * wind-gauge
 * wind gun
 * wind instrument
 * windily
 * windiness
 * windjammer
 * windless
 * windmill
 * window
 * windpipe


 * wind power
 * wind rose
 * wind scale
 * windscreen
 * wind shake
 * windshield
 * wind sleeve, windsleeve
 * wind sock, windsock
 * winds of change
 * windstorm
 * windsurf
 * windsurfer
 * windsurfing
 * wind-swept, windswept
 * wind tunnel
 * windward
 * windy

Related terms

 * window

Verb

 * 1)  To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
 * 2)  To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
 * The boxer was winded during round two.
 * 1)  To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
 * I can’t run another step &mdash; I’m winded.
 * I can’t run another step &mdash; I’m winded.

Verb

 * 1)  To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
 * Please wind up that kite string.
 * 1)  To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
 * Please wind up that old-fashioned alarm clock.
 * 1)  To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
 * The river winds through the plain.
 * 1) * 1969: Paul McCartney
 * The long and winding road / That leads to your door / Will never disappear.

Derived terms

 * rewind
 * unwind
 * windable
 * wind down
 * winder


 * winding
 * windlass
 * wind somebody round one's finger
 * wind up
 * wind-up

Adjectives for Wind
crannying; worldly; southerly; good; swift; ill; cruel; biting; wandering; whispering; boisterous; hurtling; rolling; rough; poisonous; shrill; mad; curdling; dew-impearled; wild; chilling; whimsical; ocean; continuous; noiseless; streaming; sharp; rising; wailing; wanton; rude; nimble; special spleenless; contrary; passing; foul; bleak whitening; viewless;  red-hot;  roaring crackling; fierce; gentle; dirty; sunny; bitter; keen; merry; favoring; shifting; restless; sleepy; sudden; sleety; gusty; cutting; whistling; murderous; dirgeful; pensive; uplifting; soughing; dying; wrinkling; wooing; weighty; unwilling; intricate; doleful; dead; hollow; moaning; mysterious; lulled; light; baffling; fabulous; azure; listening; inanimate; wintry; desert; woven; ferocious; delicate; fresh; panting; ravishing; hurricane; amorous; luscious; weak; tearing; felon; sportive; driving; boisterous; impetuous; mournful; adverse; piercing; tempestuous; contending;  baleful;  perverse; thirsty; ill-dispersing; tossing; monotonous; soothing; bracing; rustling; throwing; contrary; supple; wrecking; careless; bone-piercing; prevailing; serviceable; sighing; beating; impotent; fitful; quickening; petulant; winged; clinging; weary; lowered; treacherous; awakening; billowy; warring; fickle; life-breathing; unseen; frolic; screaming; dull; illuminated; sole; buffeting; eddying; gathering; marsh-bred; evil; murmuring; swift-winged; merciful; idle; sounding; sweeping; false; rainless; hot; stormy; furious;  powerful;  withering; warbling; frosty; surly; wave-building; parching; burdened; ungovernable; suffocating;  burning;   shrieking;   repining; stray; drying; unwholesome; inconstant; soothed; mighty; worn-out; unfettered; prophetic; rushing; unbreathed; vagrant; lazy; summer; icy; unleashed; pious; relentless; hungry; odorous; cold; riotous; mounting; intermitting; lapsing; insulting; invisible; laughing; morning; voiceless; howling; translucent; stifling; lifting; visiting; speaking ; wicked; tainted; chainless; forgetting; nimble; noble; envious; endless; blustering; mindless; melodious; life-breathing.

Verbs for Wind
bear on— breast—; expose to—; harness—; ride—; ripple in—; sniff—; soar on—; still —; —abates; —assails; —bites; —blasts; —blusters; —breathes; —buffets; —caresses.; —chants; —chills; —s conflict; —cuts; —dallies; —diminishes; —disturbs; —enfolds; —etches; —extinguishes; —grieves; ——howls; —hums; —knifes; —lashes; — moans; —mourns; —murmurs; —rages; — rakes; —ranges; —rattles; —roars; — ruffles; —rustles; —scatters; —scourges; — shrieks; —sighs; —sings; —slaps; —slash¬es ; —smites; —snaps; —soughs; —stings; —strips; —sweeps; —swells; —swirls; — threatens; —tugs; —twists; —uproots; —veers; —wafts; —wails; —wanders; — whines; —whips; —whispers; —whistles; —winnows; shelter from—.

Adverbs for Wind
tortuously; sinuously; picturesquely; intricately; monotonously; incessantly.

Thesaurus
Aqua-Lung, Vayu, Zephyr, Zephyrus, about ship, aerate, aerophone, air, air out, air-condition, air-cool, airify, allure, antelope, arch, arrow, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, back and fill, bagpipe, bait the hook, baloney, bay, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beep, belch, bell, bend, bend back, bilge, birdlime, blah, blah-blah, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn, blue darter, blue streak, bop, bosh, bow, box off, bray, break, breath, breath of air, breathing, bring about, bring round, broken wind, bugle, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, burn out, burp, cannonball, cant, cant round, carillon, cast, cast about, catch, catch out, change course, change the heading, charge, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, clarion, clue, cock, coil, come about, contort, corkscrew, cough, courser, crank, crap, crinkle, crook, cross-ventilate, cue, curl, curve, dart, debilitate, decoy, decurve, deflect, distort, divagate, do in, do up, dome, doodle, double a point, double reed, double-tongue, drift, eagle, electricity, embouchure, embow, encircle, enclose, enervate, enlace, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrap, entwine, envelop, enweb, err, eructation, excurse, exhalation, exhaust, expiration, express train, exsufflation, fag, fag out, fan, fart, fatigue, fetch about, fife, flag, flapdoodle, flash, flatulence, flatulency, flatuosity, flatus, flex, flute, frazzle, freshen, gas, gasp, gazelle, get up steam, gin, gird, girdle, go about, go adrift, go around, go astray, go round, greased lightning, greyhound, guff, gulp, gup, gybe, gyrate, gyre, hack, harass, hare, heave round, hiccup, hogwash, hokum, honk, hooey, hook, hook in, horn, hot air, hump, hunch, incurvate, incurve, indication, inflect, inhalation, inhalator, inkling, inspiration, insufflation, intimation, intort, inveigle, iron lung, jade, jet plane, jibe, jibe all standing, key, knock out, knock up, light, lightning, lime, lip, load, loop, lure, malarkey, meander, mercury, mesh, miss stays, misshape, moonshine, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mouthpiece, naught, net, nil, nix, noose, notion, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, oxygenate, oxygenize, pant, peal, pererrate, piffle, pipe, pirouette, pivot, ply, poop, poop out, poppycock, prime, prostrate, puff, put about, put back, quicksilver, ramble, recurve, reed, reflect, reflex, refresh, respiration, retroflex, revolve, rocket, rot, rotate, round, round a point, rove, sag, scallop, scared rabbit, scat, screw, scuba, serpentine, set, sheer, shift, shit, shot, shriek, sigh, slew, slide, slink, snake, snare, snarl, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, sniggle, snore, snoring, snuff, snuffle, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, spin, spiral, spread the toils, squeal, steam up, sternutation, stertor, straggle, stray, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, suggestion, surround, suspiration, swag, swallow, sweep, swerve, swing, swing round, swing the stern, swirl, swivel, tack, tangle, telltale, thought, throw about, thunderbolt, tire, tire out, tire to death, tommyrot, tongue, toot, tooter, tootle, torrent, torture, trap, trip, tripe, triple-tongue, trumpet, tucker, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn back, turn round, tweedle, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, use up, valve, vault, veer, ventilate, wamble, wander, warm up, warp, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, wear ship, weary, weave, wheel, wheeze, whirl, whistle, whorl, wilt, wind instrument, wind the horn, wind up, winnow, worm, wreathe, wring, yaw

Etymology 1
From wind: from, from. Cognate with Dutch wind:, German Wind:, Swedish vind:, Latin ventus:, Welsh gwynt:; ultimately probably cognate with weather:.

Etymology 2
windan

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Aleut: slagux
 * Arabic: (rīħ)
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian:
 * Azeri: ,
 * Basque: haize
 * Baure:
 * Bengali: বায়ু
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: လေ
 * Catalan: vent
 * Central Atlas Tamazight:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 風, 风 (fēng)
 * Czech:
 * Dakota:
 * Danish: vind, luftstrøm
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: aya
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ქარი (k‘ari)
 * German:
 * Greek: (ánemos)
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian: makani
 * Hebrew: רוח (rúakh)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ilocano: angin
 * Indonesian:
 * Inuktitut: ᐊᓄᕆ (anuri)
 * Irish:
 * Isthmus Zapotec: bi
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 風 (かぜ, kaze)
 * Kazakh: жел
 * Khmer: (kyol)
 * Korean: 바람 (baram)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ba
 * Sorani: شه‌ماڵ,
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കാറ്റ്
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: geay
 * Maori:


 * Marathi: वारा
 * Navajo: ,
 * Northern Sami:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe:
 * Old Armenian: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Glagolitic:
 * Old English:
 * Old French:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (hawā)
 * Quechua: wayra
 * Romani: balval
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: bentu
 * Scottish Gaelic: gaoth
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: (Ijekavian), ветар (Ekavian)
 * Roman: (Ijekavian),  (Ekavian)
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: moya
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: hangin, hangin
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: காற்று
 * Taos: wǫ́nemą
 * Telugu: పవనము (pavanamu), తెమ్మెర (temmera)
 * Thai: (lom),  (waayóo)
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish: rüzgâr; yel
 * Turkmen: ýel
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: ہوا
 * Uzbek: shamol,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: vien
 * Welsh:, gwynt
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ: ǂqhùe
 * Zazaki:


 * Finnish: tuuli, tuulenpaine
 * Japanese: 風力 (fūryoku)


 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: వాయు పీడనం


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,


 * Japanese: 息 (iki)


 * Basque: haize, flatulentzia
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: tuul, puhitus
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: εκφύσημα, αέριο
 * Hungarian:, felfúvódás


 * Italian:
 * Manx: geay
 * Norwegian: fjert ((m)), fis ((m)), promp ((m))
 * Old English:
 * Polish: wiatry
 * Russian: ветры
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * : avel, aveloù
 * : 风 (fēng), 呼吸 (hūxī)
 * : vindur
 * : angin
 * : bayu
 * : vėjas
 * : ehecatl
 * : upepo
 * : ossuruk

Verb

 * Afrikaans:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: souffler


 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 吹く (fuku)
 * Macedonian:
 * Swedish:


 * French: essouffler
 * Italian: sventagliare


 * Japanese: 気を失う (ki-wo-ushinau)


 * Afrikaans: geblaas
 * French: s'essouffler


 * Japanese: 息が切れる (iki-ga-kireru)

Verb

 * Afrikaans:
 * Basque: bildu
 * Danish: sno, vikle
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: volvi
 * Estonian: mässima, kerima
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:


 * Greek: περιελίσσω, τυλίγω
 * Hungarian:, felteker, gombolyít, göngyölít
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 巻く (maku)
 * Polish: nawijać
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: naviti
 * Spanish: enrollar
 * Swedish: vinda, rulla upp
 * Telugu: చుట్టు (chuTTu)


 * Afrikaans: opwen
 * Basque: estutu
 * Danish: trække op
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κουρδίζω


 * Hungarian: felhúz
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 巻く (maku)
 * Portuguese: dar corda a
 * Russian: заводить
 * Slovene: naviti
 * Swedish: vrida upp, skruva upp


 * Basque: estutu
 * Finnish:, (road)
 * French: contourner
 * German: sich winden, sich schlängeln


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, kígyózik
 * Spanish:


 * : menyusuri

Noun

 * 1) wind
 * De wind waait door de bomen. — The wind blows through the trees.
 * 1) flatulence, fart

Etymology 1
From *undefined:, from.

Synonyms

 * scheet
 * ruft
 * bout

Derived terms

 * windstoot
 * winderigheid
 * Windhoek
 * windvlaag

Related terms

 * bries
 * storm

Noun

 * 1) wind
 * 2) flatulence

Etymology
From, from a suffixed form *we-nt- of. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wind:, Old Saxon wind: (Dutch wind:), Old High German wint: (German Wind:), Old Norse vindr: (Swedish vind:), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃:. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ventus: (French vent:), Welsh gwynt:, Tocharian A want, Tocharian B yente.