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 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Related terms 2.2.4 Homophones 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English wind (“‘wind’”) from Proto-Germanic *wendas, from Proto-Indo-European *we- (“‘to blow’”). Cognate with Dutch wind, German Wind, Swedish vind, Latin ventus, Welsh gwynt; ultimately probably cognate with weather.

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• enPR: wĭnd, IPA: /ˈwɪnd/, SAMPA: /wInd/

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  Rhymes: -ɪnd

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

   After the second lap he was already out of wind.

3. (Indian 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.

4. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.

   Ewww. Someone passed wind.

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

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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.
   • 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.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English windan

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• enPR: wīnd, IPA: /waɪnd/, SAMPA: /waInd/

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  Rhymes: -aɪnd

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

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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

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʋɪnt/
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[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, fart (not informal)

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• scheet
• ruft
• bout

[edit] Derived terms

windstoot winderigheid Windhoek windvlaag

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• bries
• storm

[edit] Homophones

• wint

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *winda-, *wenda-, from a suffixed form *we-nt- of Proto-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/, SAMPA: /wInd/

[edit] Noun

wind m.

1. wind
2. flatulence