Wind Definition

wĭnd
winded, winding, winds, wound
noun
winds
A single turn of something wound.
Webster's New World
A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
American Heritage
A strong, fast-moving, or destructive natural current of air; gale or storm.
Webster's New World
Air in motion.
Webster's New World
A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass.
The four winds.
American Heritage
verb
winded, winding, winds, wound
To turn, or make revolve.
To wind a crank.
Webster's New World
To move, go, or extend in a curving, zigzagging, or sinuous manner; meander.
Webster's New World
To double on one's track, so as to throw off pursuers.
Webster's New World
To move by or as if by cranking.
Webster's New World
To pursue by following a scent.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
adjective
Designating a musical instrument sounded by blowing air through it, esp. a portable one sounded with the breath, as a flute, oboe, tuba, or trumpet.
Webster's New World
Of or for a wind or woodwind instrument or instruments.
Webster's New World
idiom
before the wind
  • In the same direction as the wind.
American Heritage
close to the wind
  • As close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.
American Heritage
in the wind
  • Likely to occur; in the offing:

    Big changes are in the wind.

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near the wind
  • Close to the wind.
  • Close to danger.
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off the wind
  • In a direction away from the wind.
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Other Word Forms of Wind

Noun

Singular:
wind
Plural:
winds

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wind

Origin of Wind

  • From Middle English, from Old English wind (“wind"), from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚wéh₁nÌ¥ts (“blowing"), present participle of *hâ‚‚weh₁- (“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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English winden, from Old English windan, Æ¿indan, from Proto-Germanic *windanÄ…. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde. See also the related term wend.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English wē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English winden from Old English windan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From wind

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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