Windmill

Noun

 * 1) A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
 * 2) The structure containing such machinery.
 * 3) A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
 * 4)  A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
 * 5) A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
 * 6)  The false shower.

Verb

 * 1)  To rotate (itself) with a sweeping motion.
 * 2)  Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.

Verbs for Windmill
propel—; install; operate; build-; agitate—; becalm—; drive—; employ—; outmode—; tilting at—; sail—; —circumvolves; — clatters; —s dot; —flaps; —gyrates; — quivers; —revolves; —rotates; —spins; — swirls; —twirls; —whirls; —churns.

Adjectives for Windmill
old; historic, power-generating; broken; noisy.

Derived terms
windmill graph; windmill interchange; windmill farm; tilt at windmills; Beebe Windmill; Operation Windmill.

Adjective forms
windmilling; windmill-powered.

Etymology
From.

Synonyms

 * pinwheel

Hypernyms

 * machine
 * toy

Related terms

 * mill
 * molinology

Translations

 * Afrikaans: windmoolen
 * Armenian: հողմաղաց, քամաղաց
 * Breton:
 * Catalan: molí de vent
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ventmuelejo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: aserorterivik anorisaatilik
 * Hindi: पवनचक्की


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: mulino a vento
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: ветерница
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: cata-vento, moinho de vento
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: muileann-gaoithe
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: väderkvarn; vindmölla, mölla (southern Sweden)
 * Volapük: vienamül
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian: հողմաղաց, քամաղաց
 * Breton:
 * Catalan: molí de vent
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ventmuelejo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 風車小屋
 * Macedonian: ветерница
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: moinho de vento
 * Scottish Gaelic: muileann-gaoithe
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: vienamülöp


 * Dutch: windmolentje
 * Finnish: tuulihyrrä
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: ветерница


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: cata-vento
 * Russian: вертушка
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish: molinillo de viento


 * Finnish: tuulimylly


 * Japanese: ウインドミル


 * Japanese: 風車奏法

Verb

 * Dutch: molenwieken


 * Finnish:, ,


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