wind

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Dutch wind, German Wind, West Frisian wyn, Swedish vind, Latin ventus, Welsh gwynt, perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”); ultimately probably cognate with weather.

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Wikipedia wind (countable and uncountable; plural winds)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived 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.
    As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
    The winds in Chicago are fierce.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath.
    After the second lap he was already out of wind.
    Give me a minute before we jog the next mile — I need a second wind.
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    Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
  4. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  5. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
    Ewww. Someone passed wind.
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Translations [edit]
movement of air
the force developed by the movement of air
ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath
flatus
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Verb [edit]

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.
    • 1913, Edith Constance Holme, Crump Folk Going Home, page 136:
      Something higher must lie at the back of that eager response to pack-music and winded horn — something born of the smell of the good earth
  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.
  4. (UK) To turn a boat around in a canal.
Translations [edit]
blow air through (a wind instrument)
cause (someone) to become breathless
wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English winden, from Old English windan, ƿindan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde. See also the related term wend.

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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.
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Translations [edit]
turn coils of something around
tighten a clockwork mechanism
to travel in a way that is not straight
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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Dutch *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Compare German Wind, English wind, West Frisian wyn, Danish vind.

Noun [edit]

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, fart (not informal)
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Etymology 2 [edit]

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wind

  1. first-person singular present indicative of winden
  2. imperative of winden

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“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 (winds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ventus (French vent), Welsh gwynt, Tocharian A want, Tocharian B yente.

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wind m

  1. wind
  2. flatulence

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