wind

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.1.2.4 See also 1.1.3 Verb 1.1.3.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.1.1 Homophones 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.3.2 Homophones 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English wind. Cognate with Dutch wind, German Wind, Swedish vind, Latin ventus, Welsh gwynt; ultimately probably cognate with weather.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭnd, IPA: /ˈwɪnd/, SAMPA: /wInd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

[edit] Noun

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wind (countable and uncountable; plural winds)

1. (countable, uncountable) Movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

   The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.

   The winds in Chicago are fierce.

2. (countable) The force developed by the movement of air, expressed as pressure.

   As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.

3. (uncountable) The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath.

   After the second lap he has already out of wind.

4. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).

   Give me a minute before we jog the next mile — I need a second wind.

5. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.

   Ewww. Someone passed wind.

[edit] Synonyms

• (movement of air): breeze, draft, gale
• (flatus): gas (US)

[edit] Derived terms

break wind close to the wind crosswind downwind fair wind foul wind get one's wind back get the wind up get wind of go like the wind headwind long-winded pass wind run like the wind scattered to the four winds second wind see which way the wind is blowing sow the wind and reap the whirlwind tailwind the winds trade wind take the wind out of somebody's sails three sheets to the wind throw caution to the wind

upwind whirlwind windbag wind band wind-blown windboard windbound wind-break, windbreak windbreaker wind-breaker windburn wind chart wind-cheater, windcheater windchill wind chimes wind cone, windcone wind egg windfall wind farm wind force wind-gauge wind gun wind instrument windily

windiness windjammer windless windmill window windpipe wind power wind rose wind scale windscreen wind shake windshield wind sleeve, windsleeve wind sock, windsock winds of change windstorm windsurf windsurfer windsurfing wind-swept, windswept wind tunnel windward windy

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[edit] See also

blizzard breeze cyclone gale gust hurricane nor'easter, northeaster northwester

sou'easter, southeaster sou'wester, southwester storm tempest tornado twister typhoon zephyr

[edit] Verb

to wind (third-person singular simple present winds, present participle winding, simple past and past participle winded)

1. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.

   The boxer was winded during round two.

3. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.

   I can’t run another step — I’m winded.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English windan

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wīnd, IPA: /waɪnd/, SAMPA: /waInd/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

Rhymes: -aɪnd

[edit] Homophones

• whined (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• wined

[edit] Verb

to wind (third-person singular simple present winds, present participle winding, simple past and past participle wound)

1. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

   Please wind up that kite string.

2. (transitive) To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

   Please wind up that old-fashioned alarm clock.

3. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight

   • The river winds through the plain.

   • 1969: Paul McCartney

     The long and winding road / That leads to your door / Will never disappear.

[edit] Derived terms

rewind unwind windable wind down winder

winding windlass wind somebody round one's finger wind up wind-up

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

Old Saxon wind.

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: /wɪnd/, SAMPA: /wInd/

  Rhymes: -ɪnd

[edit] Noun

wind m. (plural winden, diminutive windje)

1. wind (movement of air)

   De wind waait door de bomen. — The wind blows through the trees.

2. flatulence
3. fart (not informal)

[edit] Derived terms

• windstoot

[edit] Homophones

• wint

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *winda-, *wenda-, from a suffixed form *we-nt- of Indo-European *we- ‘blow, gust’. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wind, Old Saxon wind (Dutch wind), Old High German wint (German Wind), Old Norse vindr (Swedish vind), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Latin ventus (French vent), Welsh gwynt, Tocharian A want, Tocharian B yente.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɪnd/

[edit] Noun

wind m.

1. wind
2. flatulence