wind (
http://definr.com/wind)
n 1: 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"
2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of
change"
3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
4: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; that's a
lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: {idle
words},
jazz,
nothingness]
5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn:
tip,
lead,
steer,
confidential information,
hint]
6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an
enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn: {wind
instrument}]
7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn:
fart,
farting,
flatus,
breaking wind]
8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
clock and gave it a good wind" [syn:
winding,
twist]
v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout
wanders through the entire body" [syn:
weave,
thread,
meander,
wander]
2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
[syn:
curve]
3: wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger";
"Twine the thread around the spool" [syn:
wrap,
roll,
twine] [ant:
unwind]
4: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the
drugs" [syn:
scent,
nose]
5: of springs [syn:
wind up]
6: form into a wreath [syn:
wreathe]
7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn:
hoist,
lift]
8: tighten the spring of (a mechanisms); wind up the toy" [syn:
wind up]