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   wind

   /wɪnd/

   noun

   • 1. the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction: "the wind howled about the building" Similar breezeair currentcurrent of airgalehurricanedraughtinformal:blowliterary:zephyr
   • ▪ used in reference to an impending situation: "he had seen which way the wind was blowing"
   • ▪ wind as a source of energy from which power for domestic or industrial use may be generated: "carbon-free energy sources like solar and wind"
   • ▪ the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body.
   • ▪ a scent carried by the wind, indicating the presence or proximity of an animal or person.
   • 2. breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, etc., or the power of breathing without difficulty in such situations: "he waited while Jez got his wind back" Similar breathinformal:puff
   • 3. air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion. British Similar flatulenceflatusgastechnical:borborygmus
   • ▪ empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric. Similar nonsensebalderdashgibberishclaptrapblarneyblatherbletherinformal:hogwashbaloneytripedrivelbilgeboshbullbunkrothot aireyewashpifflepoppycockphooeyhooeymalarkeytwaddleguffboastful talkbombastblusterfanfaronadeinformal:codswallopcobblersstuff and nonsensetoshtaradiddlecockcackhaverscodologygarbageflapdoodleblatherswackbushwabellywashinformal, dated:bunkumtommyrotliterary:rodomontadebraggadociovulgar slang:shitcrapbullshitbollocksballsbulldust
   • 4. wind instruments, or specifically woodwind instruments, forming a band or a section of an orchestra: "these passages are most suitable for wind alone" Similar wind instruments.

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach: "the fall nearly winded him"
   • 2. make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back: British "Paddy's wife handed him their six-month-old daughter to be winded"
   • 3. detect the presence of (a person or animal) by scent: "the birds could not have seen us or winded us"
   • 4. sound (a bugle or call) by blowing: literary "but scarce again his horn he wound"

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wind and German Wind, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ventus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. windless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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