WIND (wound)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wind mean? 

• WIND (noun)
  The noun WIND has 8 senses:

1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

2. a tendency or force that influences events

3. breath

4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

5. an indication of potential opportunity

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

7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

8. the act of winding or twisting

  Familiarity information: WIND used as a noun is common.

• WIND (verb)
  The verb WIND has 7 senses:

1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

2. extend in curves and turns

3. arrange or or coil around

4. catch the scent of; get wind of

5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

6. form into a wreath

7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

  Familiarity information: WIND used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

air current; current of air; wind

Context example:

the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation)

Meronyms (substance of "wind"):

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wind"):

northwest wind; northwester (a wind from the northwest)

sou'wester; southwester (a strong wind from the southwest)

sou'easter; southeaster (a strong wind from the southeast)

gale (a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale)

blast; blow; gust (a strong current of air)

monsoon (a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter)

monsoon (any wind that changes direction with the seasons)

boreas; north wind; norther; northerly (a wind that blows from the north)

prevailing wind (the predominant wind direction)

samiel; simoom; simoon (a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa)

south wind; souther; southerly (a wind from the south)

squall (sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation)

thermal (rising current of warm air)

draft; draught (a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle))

west wind; wester (wind that blows from west to east)

languor (oppressively still air)

airstream (a relatively well-defined prevailing wind)

calm; calm air (wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale)

air; breeze; gentle wind; zephyr (a slight wind (usually refreshing))

chinook; chinook wind; snow eater (a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies)

harmattan (a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter)

crosswind (wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft)

foehn; fohn (a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps)

Santa Ana (a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast)

high wind (a very strong wind)

headwind (wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft)

catabatic wind; katabatic wind (a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air)

tailwind (wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft)

doldrums (a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific)

east wind; easter; easterly (a wind from the east)

khamsin (an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring)

Derivation:

windy (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes)

windy (resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tendency or force that influences events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

the winds of change

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Breath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the collision knocked the wind out of him

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

breathing out; exhalation; expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

idle words; jazz; malarkey; malarky; nothingness; wind

Context example:

don't give me any of that jazz

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)

Derivation:

windy (using or containing too many words)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An indication of potential opportunity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

confidential information; hint; lead; steer; tip; wind

Context example:

a good lead for a job

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

wind; wind instrument

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

instrument; musical instrument (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)

Meronyms (parts of "wind"):

bell (the flared opening of a tubular device)

embouchure; mouthpiece (the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wind"):

free-reed instrument (a wind instrument with a free reed)

brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)

wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)

whistle (a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it)

post horn (wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries)

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

organ; pipe organ (wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard)

ocarina; sweet potato (egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes)

kazoo (a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece)

organ pipe; pipe; pipework (the flues and stops on a pipe organ)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breaking wind; fart; farting; flatus; wind

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The act of winding or twisting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

twist; wind; winding

Context example:

he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):

rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)

Derivation:

wind (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem)

• WIND (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

meander; thread; wander; weave; wind

Context example:

sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Verb group:

wander (go via an indirect route or at no set pace)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):

snake (move along a winding path)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Extend in curves and turns

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

curve; twist; wind

Context example:

the path twisted through the forest

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):

circumvolute (wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail)

spiral (form a spiral)

snake (form a snake-like pattern)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Arrange or or coil around

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

roll; twine; wind; wrap

Context example:

She wrapped her arms around the child

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):

spool (wind onto a spool or a reel)

reel (wind onto or off a reel)

ball (form into a ball by winding or rolling)

clew; clue (roll into a ball)

coil; curl; loop (wind around something in coils or loops)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick

Antonym:

unwind (reverse the winding or twisting of)

Derivation:

winder (mechanical device around which something can be wound)

winder (a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Catch the scent of; get wind of

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

nose; scent; wind

Context example:

The dog nosed out the drugs

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

smell (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 5

Meaning:

Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wind; wind up

Context example:

wind your watch

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

fasten; tighten (make tight or tighter)

"Wind" entails doing...:

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):

rewind (wind (up) again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

wind (the act of winding or twisting)

winder (mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock))

winder (a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Form into a wreath

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wind; wreathe

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin, wind, or twist together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

hoist; lift; wind

Context example:

hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):

trice; trice up (hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

The man and woman stare hard at what is to be seen, and as I look at them my back feels the chill as of a cold wind against the skin.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I looked on the heavens, which were covered by clouds that flew before the wind, only to be replaced by others; I looked upon the sea; it was to be my grave.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

No wind, and not a cloud in the sky.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His skin was of a rich flower-pot red from sun and wind.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And good evening to you, friend Jim. What good wind brings you here?”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I do not consider her as meaning to wound my feelings.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Not having power to work sails, have to run before wind. Dare not lower, as could not raise them again.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The younger leader turned his head to lick a wound on his shoulder.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

There was no wound, no blood, no visible bruise; but her eyes were closed, she breathed not, her face was like death.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)