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English noun: wind | |||
| 1. | wind (phenomenon) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | ||
| Samples | 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 atmosphere. | ||
| Synonyms | air current, current of air | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air, airstream, blast, blow, boreas, breeze, calm, calm air, catabatic wind, chinook, chinook wind, crosswind, doldrums, draft, draught, east wind, easter, easterly, foehn, fohn, gale, gentle wind, gust, harmattan, headwind, high wind, katabatic wind, khamsin, monsoon, monsoon, north wind, norther, northerly, northwest wind, northwester, prevailing wind, samiel, Santa Ana, simoom, simoon, snow eater, sou'easter, sou'wester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly, southwester, squall, tailwind, thermal, west wind, wester, zephyr | ||
| Substance holonym | air | ||
| 2. | wind (phenomenon) a tendency or force that influences events | ||
| Samples | The winds of change. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | influence | ||
| 3. | wind (act) breath | ||
| Samples | The collision knocked the wind out of him. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | breathing out, exhalation, expiration | ||
| 4. | wind (communication) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | ||
| Samples | That's a lot of wind. Don't give me any of that jazz. | ||
| Synonyms | idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | talk, talking | ||
| 5. | wind (communication) an indication of potential opportunity | ||
| Samples | He got a tip on the stock market. A good lead for a job. | ||
| Synonyms | confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance | ||
| 6. | wind (artifact) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath | ||
| Synonyms | wind instrument | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument, musical instrument | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brass, brass instrument, free-reed instrument, kazoo, ocarina, organ, organ pipe, pipe, pipe, pipe organ, pipework, post horn, sweet potato, whistle, wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument | ||
| Part holonym | bell, embouchure, mouthpiece | ||
| 7. | wind (act) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | ||
| Synonyms | breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | ||
| 8. | wind (act) the act of winding or twisting | ||
| Samples | He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind. | ||
| Synonyms | twist, winding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rotary motion, rotation | ||
English verb: wind | |||
| 1. | wind (motion) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | ||
| Samples | The river winds through the hills. The path meanders through the vineyards. Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body. | ||
| Synonyms | meander, thread, wander, weave | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | snake | ||
| Verb group | wander | ||
| 2. | wind (stative) extend in curves and turns | ||
| Samples | The road winds around the lake. The path twisted through the forest. | ||
| Synonyms | curve, twist | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | circumvolute, snake, spiral | ||
| 3. | wind (contact) arrange or or coil around | ||
| Samples | Roll your hair around your finger. Twine the thread around the spool. She wrapped her arms around the child. | ||
| Examples | They wind the wire around the stick, The wires wind around the stick | ||
| Synonyms | roll, twine, wrap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ball, clew, clue, coil, curl, loop, reel, spool | ||
| Antonyms | unroll, unwind, wind off | ||
| 4. | wind (perception) catch the scent of; get wind of | ||
| Samples | The dog nosed out the drugs. | ||
| Synonyms | nose, scent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | smell | ||
| 5. | wind (contact) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | ||
| Samples | Wind your watch. | ||
| Synonyms | wind up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, tighten | ||
| Entail | turn | ||
| 6. | wind (contact) form into a wreath | ||
| Synonyms | wreathe | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine | ||
| 7. | wind (contact) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | ||
| Samples | Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car. | ||
| Synonyms | hoist, lift | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | trice, trice up | ||
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