Definition of Wind. Meaning of Wind. Synonyms of Wind

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Definition of Wind

Wind
Wind Wind, n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Wind
Wind Wind, v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound), R. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their horns.' --Pennant. Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn. --Pope. That blast was winded by the king. --Sir W. Scott.
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Wind Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game. 3. (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. (b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. To wind a ship (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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Wind Wind, n. (Boxing) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark. [Slang or Cant]

Meaning of Wind from wikipedia

- Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens...
- Look up wind in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wind is the movement of air. Wind may also refer to: Wind (surname) Alex Wind (born 2001), American gun...
- The Wind may refer to: "The Wind" (poem), a 14th-century poem by Dafydd ap Gwilym "The Wind", a 1943 short story by Ray Bradbury appearing in Dark Carnival...
- Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly...
- East Wind: West Wind is a novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1930, her first. It focuses on a Chinese woman, Kwei-lan, and the changes that she and her...
- Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitc****. The film was produced by David O....
- A wind farm or wind park, or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from...
- up wind-up, wind up, or windup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wind-up or windup may refer to: Windup, a pitching position in baseball "Wind Up"...
- Gone with the Wind most often refers to: Gone with the Wind (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitc**** Gone with the Wind (film), the 1939 adaptation...
- Whistle Down the Wind may refer to: Whistle Down the Wind (novel), a 1959 novella by Mary Hayley Bell Whistle Down the Wind (film), a 1961 British film...