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English [edit]
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)
- (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.
- (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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{{rfdef}}.- Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
- (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- Ewww. Someone passed wind.
Synonyms [edit]
- (movement of air): breeze, draft, gale; see also Wikisaurus:wind
- (flatus): gas (US); see also Wikisaurus:flatus
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wind (third-person singular simple present winds, present participle winding, simple past and past participle winded)
- (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
- 1913, Edith Constance Holme, Crump Folk Going Home, page 136:
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
- The boxer was winded during round two.
- (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
- I can’t run another step — I’m winded.
- (UK) To turn a boat around in a canal.
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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.
Pronunciation [edit]
- enPR: wīnd, IPA: /waɪnd/, X-SAMPA: /waInd/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪnd
- Homophones: wined, whined (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Verb [edit]
wind (third-person singular simple present winds, present participle winding, simple past and past participle wound)
- (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
- Please wind up that kite string.
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
- Please wind up that old-fashioned alarm clock.
- (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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Most common English words before 1923: latter · fellow · hardly · #593: wind · drew · strength · opinion
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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)
- wind (movement of air)
- De wind waait door de bomen. — The wind blows through the trees.
- flatulence, fart (not informal)
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wind
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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