WIND as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of winding or twisting
   Synonym(s)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • winding (what does winding mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   • rotary motion (what does rotary motion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • wind (what does wind mean?)
   • wind up (what does wind up mean?)
2. Meaning
   • breath
   Usage Example(s)
   • the collision knocked the wind out of him
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • exhalation (what does exhalation mean?)
   • expiration (what does expiration mean?)
   • breathing out (what does breathing out mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
   Synonym(s)
   • breaking wind (what does breaking wind mean?)
   • fart (what does fart mean?)
   • farting (what does farting mean?)
   • flatus (what does flatus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reflex (what does reflex mean?)
   • instinctive reflex (what does instinctive reflex mean?)
   • innate reflex (what does innate reflex mean?)
   • inborn reflex (what does inborn reflex mean?)
   • unconditioned reflex (what does unconditioned reflex mean?)
   • physiological reaction (what does physiological reaction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fart (what does fart mean?)
   • break wind (what does break wind mean?)
   • fart (what does fart mean?)
   • break wind (what does break wind mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
   Synonym(s)
   • wind instrument (what does wind instrument mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • musical instrument (what does musical instrument mean?)
   • instrument (what does instrument mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bagpipe (what does bagpipe mean?)
   • pipes (what does pipes mean?)
   • brass (what does brass mean?)
   • free-reed instrument (what does free-reed instrument mean?)
   • kazoo (what does kazoo mean?)
   • ocarina (what does ocarina mean?)
   • sweet potato (what does sweet potato mean?)
   • organ (what does organ mean?)
   • pipe organ (what does pipe organ mean?)
   • organ pipe (what does organ pipe mean?)
   • pipe (what does pipe mean?)
   • pipework (what does pipework mean?)
   • panpipe (what does panpipe mean?)
   • pandean pipe (what does pandean pipe mean?)
   • syrinx (what does syrinx mean?)
   • pipe (what does pipe mean?)
   • tabor pipe (what does tabor pipe mean?)
   • post horn (what does post horn mean?)
   • woodwind (what does woodwind mean?)
   • woodwind instrument (what does woodwind instrument mean?)
   • wood (what does wood mean?)
5. Meaning
   • an indication of potential opportunity
   Synonym(s)
   • confidential information (what does confidential information mean?)
   • hint (what does hint mean?)
   • lead (what does lead mean?)
   • steer (what does steer mean?)
   • tip (what does tip mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he got a tip on the stock market
   • a good lead for a job
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • guidance (what does guidance mean?)
   • counsel (what does counsel mean?)
   • counseling (what does counseling mean?)
   • counselling (what does counselling mean?)
   • direction (what does direction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • hint (what does hint mean?)
   • suggest (what does suggest mean?)
   • guide (what does guide mean?)
   • steer (what does steer mean?)
   • tip off (what does tip off mean?)
   • tip (what does tip mean?)
6. Meaning
   • empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
   Synonym(s)
   • idle words (what does idle words mean?)
   • jazz (what does jazz mean?)
   • nothingness (what does nothingness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • that’’s a lot of wind
   • don”t give me any of that jazz
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
   • talking (what does talking mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a tendency or force that influences events
   Usage Example(s)
   • the winds of change
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • influence (what does influence mean?)
8. Meaning
   • air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
   Synonym(s)
   • air current (what does air current mean?)
   • current of air (what does current of air mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • trees bent under the fierce winds
   • when there is no wind, row
   • the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmo
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • weather (what does weather mean?)
   • weather condition (what does weather condition mean?)
   • atmospheric condition (what does atmospheric condition mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • airstream (what does airstream mean?)
   • calm air (what does calm air mean?)
   • breeze (what does breeze mean?)
   • zephyr (what does zephyr mean?)
   • gentle wind (what does gentle wind mean?)
   • air (what does air mean?)
   • chinook (what does chinook mean?)
   • chinook wind (what does chinook wind mean?)
   • snow eater (what does snow eater mean?)
   • harmattan (what does harmattan mean?)
   • crosswind (what does crosswind mean?)
   • fohn (what does fohn mean?)
   • foehn (what does foehn mean?)
   • khamsin (what does khamsin mean?)
   • Santa Ana (what does Santa Ana mean?)
   • high wind (what does high wind mean?)
   • headwind (what does headwind mean?)
   • katabatic wind (what does katabatic wind mean?)
   • catabatic wind (what does catabatic wind mean?)
   • tailwind (what does tailwind mean?)
   • doldrums (what does doldrums mean?)
   • the doldrums (what does the doldrums mean?)
   • east wind (what does east wind mean?)
   • easter (what does easter mean?)
   • easterly (what does easterly mean?)
   • northwest wind (what does northwest wind mean?)
   • northwester (what does northwester mean?)
   • southwester (what does southwester mean?)
   • sou’wester (what does sou’wester mean?)
   • southeaster (what does southeaster mean?)
   • sou’easter (what does sou’easter mean?)
   • gale (what does gale mean?)
   • gust (what does gust mean?)
   • blast (what does blast mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • monsoon (what does monsoon mean?)
   • monsoon (what does monsoon mean?)
   • north wind (what does north wind mean?)
   • norther (what does norther mean?)
   • boreas (what does boreas mean?)
   • prevailing wind (what does prevailing wind mean?)
   • simoom (what does simoom mean?)
   • simoon (what does simoon mean?)
   • samiel (what does samiel mean?)
   • south wind (what does south wind mean?)
   • souther (what does souther mean?)
   • southerly (what does southerly mean?)
   • squall (what does squall mean?)
   • thermal (what does thermal mean?)
   • draft (what does draft mean?)
   • draught (what does draught mean?)
   • west wind (what does west wind mean?)
   • wester (what does wester mean?)

WIND as VERB

1. Meaning
   • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   Synonym(s)
   • hoist (what does hoist mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • elevate (what does elevate mean?)
   • get up (what does get up mean?)
   • bring up (what does bring up mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • trice (what does trice mean?)
   • trice up (what does trice up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   • heave (what does heave mean?)
   • elevator (what does elevator mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • ski tow (what does ski tow mean?)
   • ski lift (what does ski lift mean?)
   • lift (what does lift mean?)
   • hoist (what does hoist mean?)
   • hoister (what does hoister mean?)
2. Meaning
   • form into a wreath
   Synonym(s)
   • wreathe (what does wreathe mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intertwine (what does intertwine mean?)
   • twine (what does twine mean?)
   • entwine (what does entwine mean?)
   • enlace (what does enlace mean?)
   • interlace (what does interlace mean?)
   • lace (what does lace mean?)
3. Meaning
   • coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   Synonym(s)
   • wind up (what does wind up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • wind your watch
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tighten (what does tighten mean?)
   • fasten (what does fasten mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • wind (what does wind mean?)
   • winding (what does winding mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • winder (what does winder mean?)
   • winder (what does winder mean?)
   • key (what does key mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
4. Meaning
   • wrap or coil around
   Synonym(s)
   • roll (what does roll mean?)
   • twine (what does twine mean?)
   • wrap (what does wrap mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • roll your hair around your finger
   • Twine the thread around the spool
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • displace (what does displace mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • unwind (what does unwind mean?)
   • wind off (what does wind off mean?)
   • unroll (what does unroll mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • spool (what does spool mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • ball (what does ball mean?)
   • clue (what does clue mean?)
   • clew (what does clew mean?)
   • coil (what does coil mean?)
   • loop (what does loop mean?)
   • curl (what does curl mean?)
   See Also
   • roll up (what does roll up mean?)
   • wrap up (what does wrap up mean?)
   • roll up (what does roll up mean?)
   • wrap up (what does wrap up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • curler (what does curler mean?)
   • hair curler (what does hair curler mean?)
   • roller (what does roller mean?)
   • crimper (what does crimper mean?)
   • axial rotation (what does axial rotation mean?)
   • axial motion (what does axial motion mean?)
   • roll (what does roll mean?)
   • winder (what does winder mean?)
   • winder (what does winder mean?)
5. Meaning
   • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   Synonym(s)
   • meander (what does meander mean?)
   • thread (what does thread mean?)
   • wander (what does wander mean?)
   • weave (what does weave mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the river winds through the hills
   • the path meanders through the vineyards
   • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • travel (what does travel mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • locomote (what does locomote mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • snake (what does snake mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • meander (what does meander mean?)
   • ribbon (what does ribbon mean?)
   • thread (what does thread mean?)
6. Meaning
   • catch the scent of
   • get wind of
   Synonym(s)
   • nose (what does nose mean?)
   • scent (what does scent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The dog nosed out the drugs
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • smell (what does smell mean?)
   See Also
   • sniff out (what does sniff out mean?)
   • scent out (what does scent out mean?)
   • smell out (what does smell out mean?)
   • nose out (what does nose out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • nose (what does nose mean?)
   • nose (what does nose mean?)
   • olfactory organ (what does olfactory organ mean?)
   • olfactory property (what does olfactory property mean?)
   • smell (what does smell mean?)
   • aroma (what does aroma mean?)
   • odor (what does odor mean?)
   • odour (what does odour mean?)
   • scent (what does scent mean?)
   • scent (what does scent mean?)
7. Meaning
   • extend in curves and turns
   Synonym(s)
   • curve (what does curve mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The road winds around the lake
   Hypernyms(s) wind is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • be (what does be mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • circumvolute (what does circumvolute mean?)
   • spiral (what does spiral mean?)
   • snake (what does snake mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • curvature (what does curvature mean?)
   • curve (what does curve mean?)
   • bend (what does bend mean?)
   • curve (what does curve mean?)