A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass: the four winds.
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A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
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A single turn, twist, or curve.
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A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.
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Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration: had the wind knocked out of them.
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idiom
Before the wind Nautical In the same direction as the wind.
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Close to the wind Nautical As close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.
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In the wind Likely to occur; in the offing: Big changes are in the wind.
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Near the wind Close to danger.
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Near the wind Nautical Close to the wind.
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verb-transitive
Music To blow (a wind instrument).
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Music To sound by blowing.
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To afford a recovery of breath: stopped to wind and water the horses.
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To cause to be out of or short of breath.
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To coil (thread, for example), as onto a spool or into a ball.
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verb-intransitive
To be coiled or spiraled: The vine wound about the trellis.
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To be twisted or whorled into curved forms.
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To become wound: a clock that winds with difficulty.
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To move in or have a curving or twisting course: a river winding through a valley.
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To move in or have a spiral or circular course: a column of smoke winding into the sky.
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phrasal-verb
Wind down Informal To diminish gradually in energy, intensity, or scope: The party wound down as guests began to leave.
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Wind down Informal To relax; unwind.
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Wind up Baseball To swing back the arm and raise the foot in preparation for pitching the ball.
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Wind up Informal To arrive in a place or situation after or because of a course of action: took a long walk and wound up at the edge of town; overspent and wound up in debt.
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Wind up To come or bring to a finish; end: when the meeting wound up; wind up a project.
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