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"
2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of
change"
3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
4: empty 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. [syn: {weave},
{thread}, {meander}]
2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
[syn: {curve}]
3: wrap around, move around [syn: {wrap}, {roll}] [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}]