Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
Example: As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car’s roof-rack.
Definition: Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
Example: the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows
Definition: The ability to breathe easily.
Example: After the second lap he was already out of wind.
Definition: News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
Example: Steve caught wind of Martha’s dalliance with his best friend.
Definition: One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements).
Definition: Flatus.
Example: Eww. Someone just passed wind.
Definition: Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Definition: The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
Definition: A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the “four winds”.
Definition: Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
Definition: A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Definition: Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Definition: A bird, the dotterel.
Definition: The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
verb
Definition: To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
Definition: To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
Example: The boxer was winded during round two.
Definition: To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
Definition: To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
Definition: To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
Definition: To perceive or follow by scent.
Example: The hounds winded the game.
Definition: To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
Definition: To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.