Woordeboek
wind
Betekenis
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- Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- The ability to breathe easily.
- News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
- A tendency or trend.
- One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
- (colloquial) Flatus.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/wɪnd/
Verwant aan Nederlands
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Verwant aan Duits
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Verwant aan Fries
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Verwant aan Nederlands
winden
Verwant aan Duits
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