wind

Meaning

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

air

current of air

wrap round

confidential information

idle talk

twist around

idle gossip

breaking wind

idle chit-chat

mindless ranting

idle words

dry wind

cold wind

air current

coil around

windy spasm

wrap around

wind current

southwind

blow lightly

tie around

move tortuously

northwest wind

reel on

wind and dust

twist to turn

wire wrapping

air stream

air-current

west wind

wind on

change direction

twist together

move round

east wind

bize

gust of wind

be curled up

lap in

roll into a coil

snake through

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪnd/

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 Dutch wind, German Wind, West Frisian wyn, Norwegian and Swedish vind, Icelandic vindur, Latin ventus, Welsh gwynt, Sanskrit वात (vā́ta), Russian ве́тер (véter), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.