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[Wind]
** English
[wind (disambiguation)]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], from
earlier [ine-pro], derived from the present participle of [ine-pro].
[2] Cognate with [nl], [de], [fy], [no] and [sv], [is], [la], [cy], [sa],
[ru], perhaps [sq]. [en], [en], [en] and [en]. [col-bottom]
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Pronunciation
- [wĭnd] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [wīnd] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure .
2. * [en]
3. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
4. [en] The ability to breathe easily.
5. [en] News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip .
6. [en] A tendency or trend .
7. * [en]
8. [en] One of the four element s of the ancient Greek s and Roman s; air .
9. One of the five basic elements in India n and Japan ese models of the 吴语: Classical element .
10. [en] Flatus .
11. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
12. * [The Flower and the Leaf]
13. [en] The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
14. [en] A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
15. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass ; especially, one of the cardinal point s.
16. * [Ezekiel]
17. * [chapter=5]
18. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
19. A disease of sheep , in which the intestine s are distend ed with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation . It occurs immediately after shear ing.
20. [en] Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
21. * [book=6]
22. * [en]
23. A bird, the dotterel .
24. [en] The region of the solar plexus , where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
***** Usage notes
In the sense "woodwind instrument", the plural _winds_ is well-attested, but
the singular _wind_ is much rarer; the singular is usually reduced no further
than to [en].
***** Synonyms
- [movement of air] [en] , [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:wind
- [flatus] [en] [US] ; see also Thesaurus:flatus
***** Hypernyms
{{col|en |anabatic wind |baffling wind |Bohemian wind |break wind |broken wind
|calm wind |crosswind |custard wind |cut wind |dead wind |downwind |driving
wind |east wind |fair wind |fall wind |foul wind |gradient wind |gravity wind
|head wind, headwind |hot wind |interstellar wind |ion wind |ionic wind
|katabatic wind |land wind |meridional wind |night wind |north wind |pass wind
|polar wind |Santa Ana wind |Santana wind |second wind |solar wind |south wind
|stellar wind |stormwind |tailwind |thaw wind |thick wind |trade wind
|whirlwind |upwind |volcanic wind |west wind |zonal wind }}
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |a sheet in the wind |a straw shows how the wind blows |Alabama wind
chime|pulsar wind nebula |as the wind blows |bag of wind |between wind and
water |blow wind up someone's skirt |blow with the wind |break-wind
|burn-the-wind |by-the-wind sailor |candle in the wind |cast caution to the
wind |catch wind of |close to the wind |down the wind|wind-witch |fart in a
wind storm |fart in the wind |finger to the wind |floating wind turbine
|follow the wind |four sheets in the wind |four sheets to the wind |free as
the wind |gain the wind |geostrophic wind |geostrophic wind level |get one's
wind back |get the wind up |get wind |get wind in one's jaws |get wind of |go
with the wind |gone with the wind |have the wind up |head to wind |how the
wind is blowing |in the eye of the wind |in the wind |it's an ill wind |it's
an ill wind that blows nobody any good |knock the wind out of someone's sails
|like the wind |long-winded |on the wind |on the wings of the wind |out of
wind |pee in the wind |pee into the wind |piss and wind |piss in the wind
|piss into the wind |prevailing wind |put the wind up |raise the wind |sail
close to the wind |scattered to the four winds |see which way the wind is
blowing |shake a cloth in the wind |slant of wind |slip one's wind |sow the
wind and reap the whirlwind |spit in the wind |spit into the wind |straw in
the wind |take the wind out of someone's sails |the winds |three sheets in the
wind |three sheets to the wind |throw caution to the wind |throw to the wind
|toss caution to the wind |toss to the wind |turn with every wind |twist in
the wind |what way the wind is blowing |which way the wind is blowing
|whirly-wind |whistle down the wind |whistle in the wind |willow in the wind
|wind at one's back |wind band |wind burial |Wind Cave |wind chart |wind chill
|wind chime |wind chimes |wind chop |wind cone, windcone |wind deflector |wind
direction |wind dropsy |wind egg |wind energy |wind engine |wind farm |wind
farmer |wind force |wind gap |wind gauge |wind generator |wind gun |wind harp
|wind horse |wind instrument |wind load |wind machine |wind moon |wind of a
ball |wind of change |wind off |wind park |wind power |wind power plant |wind
power station |Wind River |wind road |wind rose |wind scale |wind scorpion
|wind shade |wind shadow |wind shake |wind shear, windshear |wind shift |wind
sleeve, windsleeve |wind sock, windsock |wind speed |wind sprint |wind stream
|wind throb |wind theft |wind tower |wind tunnel |wind turbine |windbag
|wind-bell |windblocker |wind-blown |windboard |windbound |windbreak
|wind-break, windbreak |windbreaker |windbreaker |wind-breaker |windburn
|windcap |wind-cheater, windcheater |windchill |wind-cloud |wind-driven
|wind-dry |windfall |windflaw |wind-grass |windhold |windily |windiness
|windjammer |wind-lashed |windless |windmill |window |windpipe |windproof
|windpump |wind-rode |winds of change |windscreen |windshield |windstorm
|windstorm |windstrength |windsucker |windsurf |windsurfer |windsurfing
|wind-swept, windswept |windthrow |windward |windy |you don't need a
weatherman to know which way the wind blows }}
***** Descendants
- [tpi]
- [tcs]
***** Translations
[Etymology 1]
***** See also
{{col4|en |blizzard |breeze |cyclone |dust devil |gale |gust |high wind
|hurricane |nor'easter |northeaster |northwester |sou'easter |southeaster
|sou'wester |southwester |storm |tempest |tornado |twister |typhoon |zephyr }}
**** Verb
[past2=wound]
1. [en] To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound .
2. * [stanza=I]
3. * [en]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1951 | author=C. S. Lewis | title=Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
|passage="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.}}
1. [en] To cause (someone) to become breathless , as by a blow to the abdomen , or by physical exertion , running, etc.
2. [en] To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
3. [en] To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
4. [en] To expose to the wind; to winnow ; to ventilate .
5. [en] To perceive or follow by scent .
6. [en] [en] To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe .
7. [en] To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind. [1]
***** Usage notes
- The form “wound” in the past is occasionally found in reference to blowing a horn, but is often considered to be erroneous. The October 1875 issue of _The Galaxy_ disparaged this usage (see https://books.google.com/books?id=NS8ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA556) as a “very ridiculous mistake” arising from a misunderstanding of the word's meaning.
- A similar solecism occurs in the use (in this sense) of the pronunciation [/waɪnd/] , sometimes heard in singing and oral reading of verse, e.g., _The huntsman [/waɪndz/] his horn_ .
- A British canal is very often too narrow for a full-length boat to turn around. To allow changes of direction, recesses are dug into one of the banks every few miles. They are used by nosing the boat into the recess, and then pulling the stern around until the bow can be pulled out with the boat facing the opposite direction. For a motorised boat, the stern is moved around by using engine power with the rudder hard over ; however, for horse-drawn boats (the vast majority of boats for the first 160 years), the crew would pole the stern around. It is irrelevant whether or not the wind then strikes the boat on the opposite side. However, the poling is analogous to what would often be required to allow a sailing boat setting off from a mooring to catch the wind on the most advantageous side for a safe departure. Although there are other theories, this is probably the reason the recesses are called winding hole s.
***** Descendants
- [tpi]
***** Translations
[Etymology 1]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], from [en]. Compare [fy], [nds], [nl], [de], [da], [wa].
See also the related term [en].
**** Pronunciation
- [wīnd] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Verb
[winds]
1. [en] [en] To turn coil s of (a cord or something similar) around something.
2. * [book=IX]
3. * [chapter=I]
4. [en] [en] To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism .
5. [en] To entwist ; to enfold ; to encircle .
6. * [act=IV]
7. [en] To travel or follow a path with numerous curve s.
8. * [passage=He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which [...] WINDED through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.]
9. * [passage=The lowing herd WIND slowly o'er the lea.]
10. * [chapter=4]
11. * [en]
12. [en] To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
13. * [act=IV]
14. * {{ RQ:Herrick Hesperides | part=Noble Numbers | poem=To his Conscience | passage= '' Gifts blind the vviſe, and bribes do pleaſe, / And VVINDE all other witneſſes: [...] }}
15. * 12 OCTOBER 1710 , [Joseph Addison] , _[The Examiner (1710–1714)] No. 5_
16. *: Were our legislature vested in the person of our prince, he might doubtless WIND and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
17. [en] To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate .
18. * [act=III]
19. * [passage='Tis pleasant to see what little arts and dexterities they have to WIND in such things into discourse]
20. [en] To cover or surround with something coiled about.
21. [en] To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
22. * [en]
23. [en] To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en |bewind |rewind |self-winding |underwind |unwind |windable |wind
around one's little finger |wind back |wind back the clock |wind down |winder
|winding |windlass |wind off |wind one's neck in |wind somebody round one's
finger<!--also wind -> wrap, round -> around--> |wind-up<pos:adjective, noun>
|wind up<pos:phrasal verb> }}
***** Related terms
{{col4|en |wend |unwind }}
***** Descendants
- [eo]
***** Translations
[Etymology 2]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
*** References
- [R:OneLook]
References:
[1]. [author=Rex Wailes]
[en] [en] [en]
** Afrikaans
*** Pronunciation
- [af]
- [af]
*** Etymology 1
From [af], from [af], from [af], from [af], ultimately from [af], present
participle of [ine-pro].
**** Noun
[e]
1. [en] [movement of air]
*** Etymology 2
From [af].
**** Verb
[af-verb]
1. [af] to [en]
** Alemannic German
*** Alternative forms
- [gsw]
*** Etymology
From [gsw], from [gsw]. Cognate with [de], [nl], [en], [is], [got].
*** Noun
[gsw]
1. [gsw] wind
*** References
- [R:Patuzzi]
[gsw]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
[nl] From [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl], ultimately from [nl], present
participle of [ine-pro].
**** Noun
[m]
1. [en] (movement of air)
2. flatulence , fart
***** Derived terms
{{col|nl |een uur in de wind stinken |in de wind slaan |landwind |tegenwind
|valwind |windbuil |winderig |windhaan |windkracht |windmolen |windstil
|windstoot |windturbine |windvlaag |zeewind }}
***** Descendants
- [af]
- [brc]
- [dcr]
- [skw]
- [djk]
- [srn]
*** Etymology 2
From [nl]. [nl]
**** Noun
[m]
1. [nl] greyhound
***** Derived terms
- [nl]
***** Related terms
- [nl]
*** Etymology 3
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
[nl]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Old English
*** Etymology
[ang] [ang] From [ang].
Germanic cognates include [ofs], [osx], [nl], [goh] ([de]), [non] ([sv]),
[got]. The Indo-European root is also the source of [la] ([fr]), [cy], [xto],
[txb].
*** Pronunciation
- [wind]
*** Noun
[m]
1. wind
2. * [ang]
3. * '' Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church (see https://books.google.com/books?id=m2hVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA480#v=onepage&q&f=false)
4. *: [ang]
5. flatulence
**** Declension
[wind]
**** Derived terms
{{col4|ang |ġewind |hēafodwind |windbǣre |windiġ |windsċofl }}
**** Descendants
- [enm]
[ang]