1. Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
   "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row";
   - air current, current of air
    
2. A tendency or force that influences events
   "the winds of change"
    
3. Air in the lungs, esp. as required to breath and function normally
   "the collision knocked the wind out of him";
   - breath
    
4. Empty rhetoric, insincere or exaggerated talk
   "that's a lot of wind";
   - malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness
    
5. An indication of potential opportunity
   "he got a wind on the stock market";
   - tip, lead, steer, hint
    
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
   "The flute is a popular wind instrument in orchestras";
   - wind instrument, breath
    
7. A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
   "His constant wind was both embarrassing and amusing to his friends";
   - flatus [technical], breaking wind, poot [US, informal], flatulence

1. Catch the scent of; get wind of
   "The dog winded the rabbit and gave chase";
   - scent, nose

1. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   "wind your watch"; "wind up your watch";
   - wind up
    
2. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   - hoist, lift
    
3. Arrange or coil around
   "She wound her arms around the child";
   - wrap, roll, twine
    
4. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   "the river winds through the hills";
   - weave, thread, meander, wander
    
5. Extend in curves and turns
   "The road winds around the lake";
   - twist, curve
    
6. Form into a wreath
   - wreathe

1. The act of winding or twisting
   "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind";
   - winding, twist

Sounds like: win, wind, whined

Derived forms: winds, winding, winded, wound

See also: roll up

Type of: atmospheric condition, breathing out, bring up, conditions, counsel, counseling [US], counselling [Brit, Cdn], direction, displace, elevate, enlace, entwine, exhalation, expiration, extend, fasten, get up, go, guidance, inborn reflex, influence, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, instrument, interlace, intertwine, interwind, intwine [archaic], lace, lead, lift, locomote, move, musical instrument, pass, physiological reaction, raise, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, rotary motion, rotation, run, smell, talk, talking, tighten, travel, twine, unconditioned reflex, weather, weather condition

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