wind

Meanings

• air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
  • "trees bent under the fierce winds"
  • "when there is no wind, row"
• a tendency or force that influences events
  • "the winds of change"
• breath
  • "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
  • "that's a lot of wind"
• an indication of potential opportunity
• a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
• a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
• the act of winding or twisting
  • "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • "the river winds through the hills"
• extend in curves and turns
  • "The road winds around the lake"
• arrange or or coil around
• catch the scent of; get wind of
• coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
  • "wind your watch"
• form into a wreath
• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

Synonyms

air current, breaking wind, confidential information, current of air, curve, fart, farting, flatus, hint, hoist, idle words, jazz, lead, lift, malarkey, malarky, meander, nose, nothingness, roll, scent, steer, thread, tip, twine, twist, wander, weave, wind instrument, wind up, winding, wrap, wreathe