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wind en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɪnd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• wīnd (archaic)
• (General-American) audio
• wĭnd (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈwaɪ̯nd/ (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German and German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese and Icelandic vindur (“wind”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Welsh gwynt (“wind”), Sanskrit वात (vā́ta, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.

Meanings

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.
   • The winds in Chicago are fierce.
   • Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles. 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
   • The window was banging in the wind.
   • As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
   • There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.
2. (countable, uncountable) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
   • the wind of a cannon ball
   • the wind of a bellows
3. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
   • After the second lap he was already out of wind.
   • The fall knocked the wind out of him.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
   • Police got wind of the lottery, tried to track it down. 1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 22:
   • to catch wind of something
   • Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A tendency or trend.
   • But many of those issues failed to draw Spanish voters, or even scared them, and the country’s election results went contrary to Europe’s political winds. 2023 July 24, Jason Horowitz, “What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • the wind of change
6. (countable, uncountable) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
7. (countable, uncountable) One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
8. (colloquial, uncountable) Flatus.
   • to pass wind
9. (countable, uncountable) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
   • Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
10. (countable, uncountable) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
11. (countable, uncountable) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
12. (countable, uncountable) A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
    • Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 37:9:
    • the four winds
    • At daylight I found we were; in a beautiful little harbour, formed by a coral reef about two hundred yards from shore, and perfectly secure in every wind. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 98:
    • When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
13. (countable, uncountable) Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
14. (countable, uncountable) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
15. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
    • Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. 1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language:
    • Nor think thou with wind / Of airy threats to awe. 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
16. (countable, uncountable) A bird, the dotterel.
17. (countable, slang, uncountable) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
18. (countable, ironic, slang, uncountable) (usually as the wind) Something irrelevant; something that can be explained away.
    • I don't know, man, must've been the wind.
    • Zack be blaming the wind with this one...😭🙏 2026 June 23, @CaitlynShellshock, Comment on How They Simulated A Nuclear Blast In Terminator 2 by @zackdfilms:
19. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of wind power (“source of electricity”)
    alt of wind power
    • And a rapid move to solar and wind is being achieved by taking the fossil fuel companies out of the energy equation 2021 June 29, Cynthia Kaufman, The Sea Is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook, PM Press, →ISBN:
    • Invest in wind for example through the municipality's energy company 2019 November 18, Landström, Mariko, Tynkkynen, Oras, Leinonen, Tatu, Peljo, Janne, Nordic Green to Scale for Cities and Communities: How far could we go simply by scaling up already proven climate solutions?, Nordic Council of Ministers, →ISBN, page 43:
    • In China, onshore wind is cheaper than gas-fired power, at $77 per MWh versus $113, but it is much more expensive still than coal-generated electricity, at $44, while solar PV power is at $109. 2019 October 17, K. R. Rao, Wind Energy for Power Generation: Meeting the Challenge of Practical Implementation, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 383:

Forms

Deriveds

the winds · wind cone · windshake · wind turbine · finger in the wind · windpuff · tall trees catch much wind · windpipe · windcatcher · wind gauge · windpower · wind shade · wind throb · windmiller · windsucking · wind sock · follow the wind · windplayer · wind-cheater · wind chop · windcap · wind sleeve · wind-cloud · take wind · get the wind up · wind generator · windslab · wind shadow · wind speed · sidewind · windfirm · a sheet in the wind · windtight · wind tunnel · knock the wind out of someone's sails · four sheets in the wind · windjam · finger to the wind · windily · wind tower · on the wind · windshaken · candle in the wind · wind theft · windboard · paleowind · four sheets to the wind · in the eye of the wind · down the wind · windsome · wind shear · whistle down the wind · wind controller · wind scorpion · wind deflector · windswept · windbreak · windiness · windburnt · xwind · windle · piss in the wind · break-wind · fart in the wind · wind moon · blow wind up someone's skirt · windbreaking · like the wind · windmill · windsucker · knock someone's wind out · geostrophic wind level · windhover · windful · slant of wind · counterwind · it's an ill wind · wind engine · wind-driven · scattered to the four winds · burn-the-wind · wind horse · windburned · shake a cloth in the wind · wind shake · a straw shows how the wind blows · put the wind up · windsurfer · wind farmer · windsplit · windthrown · look what the wind blew in · windfucker · windward · windsurfing · wind chill · whirly-wind · toss to the wind · Wind Cave · you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows · wind-blown · windfall · windscreen · windgust · spit into the wind · don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining · throw to the wind · pee in the wind · take the wind out of someone's sails · windshear · windcone · windlike · throw caution to the wind · windcuffer · wind egg · windstorm · wind direction · wind-lashed · long-winded · piss into the wind · interwind · wind harp · nonwind · between wind and water · blow with the wind · twist in the wind · three sheets to the wind · wind load · windsail · wind-grass · get wind · wind chart · windbitten · windsleeve · wind energy · windsnap · bergwind · raise the wind · wind off · windball · windshaft · wind at one's back · windblast · wind shift · wind-witch · brasswind · breakwind · windwise · wind of a ball · windbag · wind loading · three sheets in the wind · driftwind · must've been the wind · windstrewn · gone with the wind · piss and wind · backwind · windproof · wind scale · windpants · windy · by-the-wind sailor · it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good · windmeter · turn with every wind · wind power plant · pulsar wind nebula · which way the wind is blowing · windbreaker · windfallen · must have been the wind · wind instrument · wind chill factor · windblocker · sow the wind and reap the whirlwind · windwheel · in the wind · wind-rode · windjammer · get wind of · windshield · floating wind turbine · free as the wind · wind band · windsurf · geostrophic wind · windrow · sail close to the wind · wind dropsy · hurlwind · gain the wind · what way the wind is blowing · wind gap · cast caution to the wind · Wind River · head to wind · whimberry · windster · windchill · windbell · close to the wind · wind road · windchime · get one's wind back · put a finger to the wind · windlashed · willow in the wind · wind-break · windbeaten · outwind · autowind · windchapped · windsled · windway · wind force · superwind · windsock · bag of wind · wind-dry · get wind in one's jaws · wind chimes · out of wind · windthrow · windworn · windflower · straw in the wind · windscoop · wind rose · wind sprint · wind stream · don't piss in the wind and tell me it's raining · wind farm · windhold · on the wings of the wind · wind-swept · wind power · slip one's wind · windwards · window · windgall · forewind · withwind · windfarming · windage · as the wind blows · spit in the wind · windbore · wind gun · pee into the wind · Alabama wind chime · windstrength · windblown · wind-bell · whistle in the wind · prevailing wind · that was not the wind · fart in a wind storm · windless · windburn · wind of change · windborne · towind · have wind in one's jaw · windsway · have the wind up · wind park · wind-breaker · windchest · windpump · wind machine · windflaw · wind burial · windbound · toss caution to the wind · windcheater · wind chime · go with the wind · catch wind of · winds of change · wind power station · how the wind is blowing

Descendants

win · win

Hypernyms

night wind · whirlwind · custard wind · pass wind · downwind · fall wind · stellar wind · Mono wind · ion wind · ionic wind · cut wind · Santana wind · driving wind · tailwind · thick wind · hot wind · interstellar wind · south wind · crosswind · Santa Ana wind · Bohemian wind · stormwind · broken wind · calm wind · polar wind · west wind · baffling wind · volcanic wind · meridional wind · break wind · gravity wind · north wind · dead wind · east wind · upwind · second wind · solar wind · fair wind · gradient wind · head wind · Diablo wind · katabatic wind · anabatic wind · trade wind · zonal wind · land wind · thaw wind · foul wind · headwind

Hyponyms

flutter · storm · zephyr · norther · air drainage · waft · simoom · thaw wind · levanter · antitrade · northwester · hurricane · anabatic wind · chinook · northeaster · gust · trade wind · wester · gravity wind · trades · khamsin · breeze · mistral · gale · light air · katabatic wind · sirocco · easter · southwester · southeaster · souther · ghibli · foehn · westerly · easterly

Meronyms

zonal wind · meridional wind

Relateds

typhoon · dust devil · cyclone · twister · northeaster · tornado · high wind · gale · updraft · southeaster · southwester · blizzard · sou'easter · hurricane · breeze · storm · gust · sou'wester · tempest · hydrometeor · eddy · northwester · ventilation · flatus · breath · zephyr · nor'easter · draft

Synonyms

draft · wind · gas (flatus) · breeze (movement of air) · gale

Translations (590)

ka ქარი (movement of air) · wo ngelaw (movement of air) · bo རླུང (movement of air) · mrj мардеж (movement of air) · ulc хэду (movement of air) · sl veter (movement of air) · av гьури (movement of air) · hu felfúvódás (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · nb vind (movement of air) · da luftstrøm (movement of air) · krc жел (movement of air) · it peto (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ja 屁 (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · kpv тӧв (movement of air) · cy gwynt (movement of air) · unm kèshxink (movement of air) · cdm मारुः (movement of air) · pt vento (movement of air) · ota یل (movement of air) · hi पवन (movement of air) · bn বায়ু (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ae 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 (movement of air) · ne हावा (movement of air) · sw upepo (the force developed by the movement of air) · cjm ngin (movement of air) · srn winti (movement of air) · sma bïegke (movement of air) · yrl iwitú (movement of air) · bsb angin (movement of air) · fr instruments à vent ((music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section) · lad viento (movement of air) · ngu ajakatl (movement of air) · es ventisca (movement of air) · rcf van (movement of air) · ia vento (movement of air) · xcl հողմ (movement of air) · se biegga (movement of air) · mh an̄ (movement of air) · ks واو (movement of air) · bn বাতাস (movement of air) · bg дъх (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · ce мох (movement of air) · ang wind (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · rmq barbán (movement of air) · eve эдэн (movement of air) · ms اڠين (movement of air) · phk လ︀ုံ (movement of air) · xpr 𐭅𐭀𐭃 (movement of air) · lt vėjas (movement of air) · fa بَاد (movement of air) · es lesueste (movement of air) · fax ventu (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) (movement of air) · ja 風力 (the force developed by the movement of air) · br avel (movement of air) · gug yvytu (movement of air) · fi tuuli (the force developed by the movement of air) · rom balval (movement of air) · zai bi (movement of air) · pag dagem (movement of air) · zh 風 /风 (movement of air) · ket бей (movement of air) · koi тӧв (movement of air) · za rumz (movement of air) · krl tuuli (movement of air) · zh 放屁 (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ota روزكار (movement of air) · tyv хат (movement of air) · vec vènt (movement of air) · ace angèn (movement of air) · ceb hangin (movement of air) · wmw mepo (movement of air) · rgn vènt (movement of air) · pcd vint (movement of air) · os уад (movement of air) · ee aya (movement of air) · ga gaoth (movement of air) · ms bayu (movement of air) · ill andu' (movement of air) · hu szél (movement of air) · yua iik’ (movement of air) · kpy кытэг (movement of air) · roa-opt vento (movement of air) · shi aḍu (movement of air) · kg tembo (movement of air) · nuz yejyekatl (movement of air) · zlw-osk vietor (movement of air) · osp viento (movement of air) · pi pavana (movement of air) · da vind (movement of air) · dlg тыал (movement of air) · pox v́otĕr (movement of air) · rap tokerau (movement of air) · gu પવન (movement of air) · fr vent (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ms pawana (movement of air) · nod ᩃᩫ᩠ᨾ (movement of air) · oac эди (movement of air) · cjy 風 /风 (movement of air) · pa ਹਵਾ (movement of air) · sv fis (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · bn হাওয়া (movement of air) · mr वारा (movement of air) · vot tuuli (movement of air) · co ventu (movement of air) · ht van (movement of air) · kea vent' (movement of air) · fi henki (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · ko 풍력 (the force developed by the movement of air) · km ខ្យល់ (movement of air) · mdf варма (movement of air) · wao šéʔi (movement of air) · bdq kial (movement of air) · nv níyol (movement of air) · shi ⴰⵊⴰⵡⵡⵏ (movement of air) · nb fjert (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ur پَوَن (movement of air) · mfe labriz (movement of air) · krc джел (movement of air) · ru дух (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · chr ᎤᏃᎴ (movement of air) · kdr йэль (movement of air) · et puhitus (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · udm тӧл (movement of air) · bxd ləi⁵⁵ (movement of air) · wa vint (movement of air) · yur rookw (movement of air) · as বা (movement of air) · ude эди (movement of air) · drg bbarat (movement of air) · wuu 風 /风 (movement of air) · xmf ქარი (movement of air) · mtq xỏ (movement of air) · zza va (diq) (movement of air) · sq erë f frymë (movement of air) · gv geay (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · kac nbung (movement of air) · ty matai (movement of air) · ur ہَوا (movement of air) · tyv салгын (movement of air) · kqr sarup (movement of air) · es viento ((music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section) · mbb keramag (movement of air) · rue вѣ́тор (movement of air) · et tuul (movement of air) · eu flatulentzia (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · af wind (movement of air) · pcc rumx (movement of air) · yo afẹ́fẹ́ (movement of air) · sd پون (movement of air) · njo-jgl mopung (movement of air) · dv ވައި (movement of air) · fr vent (movement of air) · yo ẹ̀fúfú (movement of air) · my လေ (movement of air) · ttj omuyaga class 3 (movement of air) · el ανάσα (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · ru бздёж (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · mh an̄ (the force developed by the movement of air) · sux tumu (movement of air) · gld хэдун (movement of air) · min angin (movement of air) · gez ነፋስ (movement of air) · bh हवा (movement of air) · gag lüzgär (movement of air) · nb promp (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · azz ejekat (movement of air) · rsk витор (movement of air) · fj cagi (movement of air) · om bubbee (movement of air) · hrx Wind (movement of air) · ksw ကလံၤ (movement of air) · egl vänt (movement of air) · ota باد (movement of air) · kjh чил (movement of air) · mvv livut (movement of air) · es biruji (movement of air) · th ลม (movement of air) · tab микӏ (the force developed by the movement of air) · yag uša (movement of air) · ks ہَوا (movement of air) · pam angin (movement of air) · vep tullei (movement of air) · obt auel (movement of air) · duu nvmbeung (movement of air) · hu szusz (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · ab аԥша́ (movement of air) · wa air (movement of air) · bcl duros (movement of air) · ru возду́шная струя́ (the force developed by the movement of air) · sc bentu (movement of air) · csb wiater (movement of air) · sk vietor (movement of air) · gl vento (movement of air) · be ве́цер (movement of air) · fi pieru (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · zu umoya (movement of air) · zh 屁 (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · pap bientu (movement of air) · sva ბიქუ̂ (movement of air) · qu wayra (movement of air) · fkv tuuli (movement of air) · eu haize (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · vo vien (movement of air) · hy քամի (movement of air) · sh вје̏тар (movement of air) · fi tuulenpaine (the force developed by the movement of air) · nay mayi (movement of air) · xmf ბორია (movement of air) · aa caacay (movement of air) · fa باد (movement of air) · ny mphepo (movement of air) · crh ruzgâr (movement of air) · lzz ixi (movement of air) · mns-nor во̄т (movement of air) · ale slagux (movement of air) · dz རླུང་མ (movement of air) · ist vento (movement of air) · zu umoya (the force developed by the movement of air) · xpq wutun (movement of air) · sw upepo (movement of air) · ru ве́тер (movement of air) · bi win (movement of air) · sce kai (movement of air) · mi matangi (movement of air) · ext vientu (movement of air) · ky шамал (movement of air) · kaw hangin (movement of air) · nl wind (movement of air) · rw umuyaga (movement of air) · vro tuul' (movement of air) · ms rih (movement of air) · moh ówera (movement of air) · eve хунӊэ (movement of air) · sdh وا (movement of air) · tr rüzgâr (movement of air) · or ପବନ (movement of air) · nhn ehcatl (movement of air) · vi sức gió (the force developed by the movement of air) · hu szélenergia (the force developed by the movement of air) · tr esinti (movement of air) · lmo vent (movement of air) · eo vento (movement of air) · vec vento (movement of air) · az yel (movement of air) · ru духовы́е ((music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section) · bua һалхи (movement of air) · lo ລົມ (movement of air) · mnc ᡝᡩᡠᠨ (movement of air) · as বতাহ (movement of air) · roa-tar viènde (movement of air) · tft kore (movement of air) · so dabayl (movement of air) · ay saxra (movement of air) · ar هوا (movement of air) · ar ريح (movement of air) · ky жел (movement of air) · cic mahli (movement of air) · niu matagi (movement of air) · ms bad (movement of air) · dlm viant (movement of air) · tdd ᥘᥨᥛᥰ (movement of air) · zh 風力 /风力 (the force developed by the movement of air) · sib celevut (movement of air) · ti ንፋስ (movement of air) · yue 風力 /风力 (the force developed by the movement of air) · lv vējš (movement of air) · mn салхи (movement of air) · nv níłchʼi (movement of air) · sga feth (movement of air) · egy TAw-w (movement of air) · haw makani (movement of air) · he רוּחַ (movement of air) · sv vind (movement of air) · gv ennal (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · cu ⰲⱑⱅⱃⱏ (movement of air) · si හුළඟ (movement of air) · sa वायु (movement of air) · te వాయు పీడనం (the force developed by the movement of air) · ro vânt (movement of air) · tg бод (movement of air) · str SPW̱ELO¸ (movement of air) · aer rlke (movement of air) · es cold (movement of air) · xdq букӏум (movement of air) · ko 바람 (movement of air) · sh ве̏тар (movement of air) · gd gaoth (movement of air) · alt јел (movement of air) · hu szellentés (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ja 風 (movement of air) · jv angin (movement of air) · ru пердёж (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · oc vent (movement of air) · ru дыха́ние (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · fi ilmavaivat (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · bg тече́ние (the force developed by the movement of air) · lbe марч (movement of air) · cjm angin (movement of air) · ium nziaaux (movement of air) · tih bagiu (movement of air) · ms باد (movement of air) · mvi カジ (movement of air) · es ventarrón (movement of air) · pl wiatr (movement of air) · bg ду́хова се́кция ((music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section) · akz mahli (movement of air) · hu rézfúvósok ((music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section) · cdo 風 /风 (movement of air) · nb fis (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · tpi win (movement of air) · inh мух (movement of air) · pt flatulência (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · os дымгӕ (movement of air) · frm vent (movement of air) · ncj yehyecatl (movement of air) · zlw-opl wiatr (movement of air) · duo paras (movement of air) · ta காற்று (movement of air) · bg пръдня́ (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · bcl paros (movement of air) · crs labriz (movement of air) · ha iska (movement of air) · aho 𑜎𑜤𑜪 (movement of air) · rhg boyyar (movement of air) · pdt Wint (movement of air) · ja おなら (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · fr souffle (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · sn mhepo (movement of air) · xag 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕐 (movement of air) · aii ܦܵܘܚܵܐ (movement of air) · sib kepo (movement of air) · cs vítr (movement of air) · ang wind (movement of air) · ar هوا (movement of air) · tr yel (movement of air) · ar رِيح (movement of air) · te పవనము (movement of air) · el αέρας (movement of air) · ru пу́кание (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · pcc ndumx (movement of air) · apy tyryrykane (movement of air) · oj noodin (movement of air) · ryu 風 (movement of air) · hu szufla (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · cst túj̄e (movement of air) · tzm ⴰⴹⵓ (movement of air) · akl hangin (movement of air) · new phē (movement of air) · vi gió (movement of air) · alt салкын (movement of air) · mi hau (movement of air) · tab микӏ (movement of air) · xbc οαδο (movement of air) · uz yel (movement of air) · ilo angin (movement of air) · ml കാറ്റ് (movement of air) · kxd angin (movement of air) · fur vint (movement of air) · bxd li⁵⁵ (movement of air) · pl wiatry (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ja 息 (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · am ነፋስ (movement of air) · myv варма (movement of air) · pms vent (movement of air) · ar رياح (movement of air) · tt җил (movement of air) · cy awel (movement of air) · xto want (movement of air) · it vento (movement of air) · lg embuyaga (movement of air) · uga 𐎗𐎈 (movement of air) · fax airi (movement of air) · hu lélegzet (ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath) · pad sirisiri (movement of air) · hu fafúvósok ((music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section) · nci ehecatl (movement of air) · mwl biento (movement of air) · gv geay (movement of air) · pi vāta (movement of air) · mww cua (movement of air) · et tuul (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ssy xaaxa (movement of air) · hak 風 /风 (movement of air) · eu haize (movement of air) · tya yei (movement of air) · nhx ejecaꞌ (movement of air) · bal گوات (movement of air) · ko 방귀 (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · sa अनिल (movement of air) · hu szél (the force developed by the movement of air) · cic mahli (the force developed by the movement of air) · kk жел (movement of air) · it scoreggia (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · da blæst (movement of air) · vec vent (movement of air) · mak anging (movement of air) · qu waira (movement of air) · da vind (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · ppl ejekat (movement of air) · ccc timili (movement of air) · ii ꃅꆳ (movement of air) · mdh sambel (movement of air) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (movement of air) · hu szélerő (the force developed by the movement of air) · fi tuuli (movement of air) · sh vȅtar (movement of air) · kmr ba (movement of air) · la ventus (movement of air) · sah тыал (movement of air) · ru тече́ние (the force developed by the movement of air) · sne sobak (movement of air) · te తెమ్మెర (movement of air) · bdr beriu (movement of air) · or ବାତ (movement of air) · pjt waḻpa (movement of air) · to matangi (movement of air) · sd هوا (movement of air) · hu bélgáz (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · id angin (movement of air) · rue вї́тор (movement of air) · kum ел (movement of air) · lad ayre (movement of air) · is vindur (movement of air) · cv ҫил (movement of air) · bn বায়ু (movement of air) · zdj upepo (movement of air) · uk ві́тер (movement of air) · mnp 風 /风 (movement of air) · oaa хэду (movement of air) · hil hangin (movement of air) · ast vientu (movement of air) · tr esin (movement of air) · es viento (movement of air) · hi वात (the force developed by the movement of air) · bua һалхин (movement of air) · bg вя́тър (movement of air) · hu gáz (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · cjs салғын (movement of air) · yxg buran (movement of air) · ug يېل (movement of air) · hi हवा (movement of air) · abq пша (movement of air) · ain レラ (movement of air) · fr pet (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · zh фын (movement of air) · ru перде́ние (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · wo ngelew (movement of air) · kea bentu (the force developed by the movement of air) · twf wǫ́nemą (movement of air) · pkp matangi (movement of air) · pi vāyu (movement of air) · ak mframa (movement of air) · rup vimtu (movement of air) · ltg viejs (movement of air) · mn ᠰᠠᠯᠬᠢ (movement of air) · mnw ကျာ (movement of air) · uz shamol (movement of air) · ar ريح (movement of air) · an viento (movement of air) · rm vent (movement of air) · es middling (movement of air) · ota یل (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · el εκφύσημα (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · xcl քամի (movement of air) · frr winj (movement of air) · rhg batác (movement of air) · shi ⴰⴹⵓ (movement of air) · lb Wand (movement of air) · oui 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁 (movement of air) · liv tūļ (movement of air) · xh umoya (movement of air) · hsb wětřik (movement of air) · clt thliy (movement of air) · su bayu (movement of air) · udi муш (movement of air) · gu હવા (movement of air) · kw gwyns (movement of air) · kw awel (movement of air) · ovd wind (movement of air) · de Wind (movement of air) · yi ווינט (movement of air) · sm matagi (movement of air) · ckb با (movement of air) · tl hangin (movement of air) · ban angin (movement of air) · sh vjȅtar (movement of air) · nrf vent (movement of air) · ru ве́тры (flatus — see also flatus, flatulency, fart) · nhn ehecatl (movement of air) · tcy ಗಾಳಿ (movement of air) · ms angin (movement of air) · az külək (movement of air) · arn kvrvf (movement of air) · ar ريح (movement of air) · lez гар (movement of air) · izh tuuli (movement of air) · mdh endu (movement of air) · crh yel (movement of air) · mrw ndo' (movement of air) · frp vinse (movement of air)

wind en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɪnd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• wīnd (archaic)
• (General-American) audio
• wĭnd (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈwaɪ̯nd/ (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German and German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese and Icelandic vindur (“wind”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Welsh gwynt (“wind”), Sanskrit वात (vā́ta, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
   • 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 1913, Edith Constance Holme, Crump Folk Going Home, page 136:
   • "If your Majesty is ever to use the Horn," said Trufflehunter, "I think the time has now come." Caspian had of course told them of this treasure several days ago./[…]/"Then in the name of Aslan we will wind Queen Susan's Horn," said Caspian. 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
   • Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; / To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! / His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, / And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue. 1796, Gottfried Augustus Bürger, “The Chase”, in [Walter Scott], transl., The Chase, and William and Helen: Two Ballads, from the German […], Edinburgh: […] Mundell and Son, […], for Manners and Miller, […]; and sold by T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, stanza I, page 1:
2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
   • The boxer was winded during round two.
3. (UK, transitive) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4. (UK, transitive) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
5. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
6. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
   • The hounds winded the game.
7. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
8. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

Forms

Deriveds

outwind

Descendants

winim

Translations (28)

el φυσώ (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · io anheligar (cause (someone) to become breathless) · enm wynden (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · bg духам (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · da blæse (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · fr souffler (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · ru запыхаться (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · ja 吹く (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · bg задъхвам (cause (someone) to become breathless) · nl blazen (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · de blasen (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · bn হাঁপিয়ে যাওয়া (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · ja 気を失う (cause (someone) to become breathless) · mk дува (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · fi lyödä ilmat pihalle (cause (someone) to become breathless) · ja 息が切れる (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · af geblaas (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · sv blåsa (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · fi hengästyä (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · bg задъхвам се (cause (someone) to become breathless) · fr s'essouffler (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · pt soprar (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · fi puhaltaa (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · fr essouffler (cause (someone) to become breathless) · ru вы́дохнуться (wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath) · it sventagliare (cause (someone) to become breathless) · af blaas (blow air through (a wind instrument)) · lb blosen (blow air through (a wind instrument))

wind en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /wɑjnd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• /waɪnd/
• wīnd

Etymology

From Middle English wynden, from Old English windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde, Walloon windea. See also the related term wend.

Meanings

1. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

Forms

Hyponyms

flutter · storm · zephyr · norther · air drainage · waft · simoom · thaw wind · levanter · antitrade · northwester · hurricane · anabatic wind · chinook · northeaster · gust · trade wind · wester · gravity wind · trades · khamsin · breeze · mistral · gale · light air · katabatic wind · sirocco · easter · southwester · southeaster · souther · ghibli · foehn · westerly · easterly

Meronyms

zonal wind · meridional wind

Relateds

updraft · hydrometeor · eddy · ventilation · flatus · breath · draft

Synonyms

wind

wind en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /wɑjnd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• /waɪnd/
• wīnd

Etymology

From Middle English wynden, from Old English windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde, Walloon windea. See also the related term wend.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something.
   • After letting the singles rest overnight, I wound one of the bobbins into a center-pull ball. 2026, Stefanie Johnson, “Speckles and Tonals”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 52:
   • Whether to wind / The woodbine round this arbour. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
   • Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
3. (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
   • Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
4. (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
   • The long and winding road / That leads to your door / Will never disappear. 1969, Paul McCartney, The Long and Winding Road:
   • The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
   • Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which[…]winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs. 1829 May 2, [Walter Scott], Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Company] for Cadell and Co., […]; London: Simpkin and Marshall, […], →OCLC:
   • Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.
5. (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
   • Gifts blind the vviſe, and bribes do pleaſe, / And vvinde all other witneſſes: […] 1648, Robert Herrick, “To his Conscience.”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC:
   • to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
   • Were our legislature vested in the person of our prince, he might doubtless wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. 12 October 1710, Joseph Addison, The Examiner No. 5
6. (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
   • 'Tis pleasant to see what little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse 1674, [Richard Allestree], The Government of the Tongue. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC:
   • You have contrived[…]to wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical. c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
7. (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
   • to wind a rope with twine
8. (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
   • Quickly she slammed the door shut and panicking wound the window up as fast as her slippery fingers would allow. 2012, Rural Affairs, Anna Hutton-North, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 33:
9. (transitive) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

Forms

Deriveds

wind around one's little finger · wind-up · self-winding · sidewind · enwind · wind down · windlass · wind back the clock · miswind · bewind · rewind · interwind · wind one's neck in · wind off · winding · backwind · wind up · unwind · underwind · outwind · windable · wind back · wind somebody round one's finger · inwind · winder

Descendants

vindi

Relateds

unwind · wend

Synonyms

twine

Translations (116)

pt dar corda a (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · af wen (to turn coils of something around) · de sich schlängeln (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · es dar cuerda (to turn coils of something around) · eo volvi (to turn coils of something around) · et kerima (to turn coils of something around) · hu felteker (to turn coils of something around) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (to turn coils of something around) · hi अटेरना (to turn coils of something around) · enm wynden (to cover or surround with something coiled about) · eu bildu (to turn coils of something around) · ota صارمق (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · izh kääriä (to turn coils of something around) · fi kierrellä (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · el κουρδίζω (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · wa erôler (to turn coils of something around) · hu kígyózik (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · enm wynden (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · fr enrouler (to turn coils of something around) · ru обвить (to turn coils of something around) · sv vinda (to turn coils of something around) · bg увивам (to cover or surround with something coiled about) · mi takatakai (to turn coils of something around) · nl opwinden (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · da vikle (to turn coils of something around) · fi kiemurrella (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · eu estutu (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · fi vetää (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · it avvolgere (to turn coils of something around) · gd snìomh (to turn coils of something around) · af opwen (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · fr serpenter (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · wa si winner (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · fi keriä (to turn coils of something around) · fi kelata (to turn coils of something around) · ru обвивать (to turn coils of something around) · sv rulla upp (to turn coils of something around) · mi whiwhi (to turn coils of something around) · is vinda (to turn coils of something around) · ru навивать (to turn coils of something around) · bn ঘোরা (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · da sno (to turn coils of something around) · ar تَعَرَّجَ (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · fi mutkitella (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · bn দম দেওয়া (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · it arrotolare (to turn coils of something around) · it caricare (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · lb opzéien (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · enm wynden (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · lb opwéckelen (to turn coils of something around) · mi whakawhiwhi (to turn coils of something around) · sv vrida upp (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · et mässima (to turn coils of something around) · fr envelopper (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · osx windan (to turn coils of something around) · pl owijać (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · ar لَفَّ (to turn coils of something around) · ar اِنْعَرَجَ (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · ja 蛇行する (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · cs omotat (to turn coils of something around) · el τυλίγω (to turn coils of something around) · ru навить (to turn coils of something around) · nl wikkelen (to turn coils of something around) · fi kietoa jonkin ympäri (to cover or surround with something coiled about) · sl naviti (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · bg навивам (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · hu csavar (to turn coils of something around) · pl nawijać (to turn coils of something around) · hu kanyarog (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · es bobinar (to turn coils of something around) · el περιελίσσω (to turn coils of something around) · fr soumettre (to have complete control over) · fi rihmata (to cover or surround with something coiled about) · pl owinąć (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · fr remonter (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · da trække op (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · es enrollar (to turn coils of something around) · hu gombolyít (to turn coils of something around) · fi kietoa (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · el ελίσσομαι (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · fr embobiner (to turn coils of something around) · te చుట్టు (to turn coils of something around) · enm wynden (to turn coils of something around) · enm wynden (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · cs klikatit se (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · sl naviti (to turn coils of something around) · hu felhúz (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · hu göngyölít (to turn coils of something around) · ru заводи́ть (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · ota صارمق (to turn coils of something around) · eu estutu (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · ja 曲がりくねる (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · nl winden (to turn coils of something around) · fi pyörittää (to have complete control over) · de aufwickeln (to turn coils of something around) · mi pōkuru (to turn coils of something around) · pt enrolar (to turn coils of something around) · pl nakręcić (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · sv slingra (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · bn প্যাঁচানো (to turn coils of something around) · cs vinout se (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · pt serpentear (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · ja 巻く (to turn coils of something around) · bn প্যাঁচানো (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · cs obtočit (to turn coils of something around) · sv nysta (to entwist; enfold; encircle) · de sich winden (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · sv skruva upp (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · ja 巻く (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · cs ovinout (to turn coils of something around) · es embobinar (to turn coils of something around) · bg заобикалям (to travel in a way that is not straight — see also serpent, snake, zigzag) · hi लपेटना (to turn coils of something around) · goh wintan (to turn coils of something around) · de aufziehen (to tighten a clockwork mechanism) · bg навивам (to turn coils of something around)