wind

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noun

Plural noun:

windswinde

1.
(countable, uncountable)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.
There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.
The window was banging in the wind.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
the wind of a cannon ball
the wind of a bellows
3.
(countable, uncountable)The ability to breathe easily.
After the second lap he was already out of wind.
The fall knocked the wind out of him.
4.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
to catch wind of something
Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A tendency or trend.
the wind of change
6.
(countable, uncountable)(philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
7.
(countable, uncountable)One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
8.
(colloquial, uncountable)Flatus.
to pass wind
9.
(countable, uncountable)Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
10.
(countable, uncountable)(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
11.
(countable, uncountable)(music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
12.
(countable, uncountable)A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
the four winds

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verb

V_es/s

winds

V_ing/Gerund

winding

V_ed/pp

windedwound

1.
(transitive)To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
2.
(transitive)To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
The boxer was winded during round two.
3.
(British, transitive)To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4.
(British, transitive)To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
5.
(transitive)To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
6.
(transitive)To perceive or follow by scent.
The hounds winded the game.
7.
(transitive)To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
8.
(transitive)To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
9.
(transitive)To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
10.
(transitive)To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
11.
(transitive)To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
12.
(intransitive)To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain.
Đồng nghĩa: twine

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twine gas breeze draft gale

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From Middle English wynd,wind, from Old English wind (wind), from *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (wind), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (wind), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (to blow).