wind

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
2. (countable, uncountable) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
3. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A tendency or trend.
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.
9. (countable, uncountable) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
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.
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.
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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
3. (British, transitive) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4. (British, 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.
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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
2. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
3. (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
4. (intransitive) To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.
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.
6. (transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
7. (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
8. (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
9. (transitive) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

Synonyms

air

breeze

coil

twist

reel

turn

meander

wrap

twine

fart

curve

wind up

roll

gale

storm

curl

bend

breath

gust

spin

scent

twirl

flatulence

current of air

roll up

winding

spool

lead

wreathe

freeze-dried

flatus

spirit

tornado

🌪️

revolve

nose

👃

entwine

wind instrument

wrap round

blow

bind

tip

draft

jive

idle talk

steer

twist around

snake

🐍

hint

spiral

balderdash

Translations

vent

viento

Wind

wind

vento

vento

ventus

enrouler

vent

άνεμος

aire

enrollar

winden

wickeln

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wynd

Inherited from Old English: wind

Cognate with Dutch: wind

Cognate with German: Wind

Cognate with Western Frisian: wyn

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Swedish: vind

Cognate with Icelandic: vindur

Cognate with Latin: ventus

Cognate with Welsh: gwynt

Cognate with Sanskrit: वात

Cognate with Russian: ве́тер

Cognate with Albanian: bundë

Inherited from Middle English: wynden

Inherited from Old English: windan

Cognate with Western Frisian: wine

Cognate with Low German: winden

Cognate with Dutch: winden

Cognate with German: winden

Cognate with Danish: vinde

Cognate with Walloon: windea

In summary

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, Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German, German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese, 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.

Sentences

" No ," he heard a voice on the wind say .

The wind approached the boy and touched his face .

It's not I the wind spoke about .