wind
winding
twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
| wind | breath, the collision knocked the wind out of him |
| second wind | the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion |
fart
farting
flatus
wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
aeolian harp
aeolian lyre
wind harp | a harp having strings tuned in unison, they sound when wind passes over them |
anemometer
wind gauge
wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
| pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
weathervane
weather vane
vane
wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
wind chime
wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
wind farm
wind park
wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
wind instrument
wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
windmill
aerogenerator
wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
| wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
| wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
| wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
| wind turbine | a turbine that is driven by the wind |
| second wind | renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking, She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting, the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind |
| windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
| windage wind exposure | exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) |
tip
lead steer
confidential information
wind
hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
wind malarkey
malarky
idle words
jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
windsock
wind sock
sock air sock
air-sleeve
wind sleeve
wind cone
drogue | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
| Wind Cave National Park | a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns |
| wind gap | a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it |
| wind | a tendency or force that influences events, the winds of change |
breeze
zephyr
gentle wind
air | a slight wind (usually refreshing), the breeze was cooled by the lake, as he waited he could feel the air on his neck |
chinook
chinook wind
snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies |
| high wind | a very strong wind, rain and high winds covered the region |
katabatic wind
catabatic wind | a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air |
east wind
easter
easterly | a wind from the east |
northwest wind
northwester | a wind from the northwest |
north wind
northerly
norther
boreas | a wind that blows from the north |
| prevailing wind | the predominant wind direction, the prevailing wind is from the southwest |
| solar wind | a stream of protons moving radially from the sun |
south wind
souther
southerly | a wind from the south |
trade wind
trade | steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator, they rode the trade winds going west |
antitrade wind
antitrade | winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics |
west wind
wester | wind that blows from west to east |
wind
air current current of air | 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, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
wind generation
wind power | power derived from the wind (as by windmills) |
wind poppy
flaming poppy
Stylomecon heterophyllum
Papaver heterophyllum | California wild poppy with bright red flowers |
Beaufort scale
wind scale | an international scale of wind force from
(calm air) to (hurricane) |
heaves
broken wind | a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks |
fart
break wind | expel intestinal gases through the anus |
finish up land up
fetch up
end up wind up finish | finally be or do something, He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart, he wound up being unemployed and living at home again |
learn hear
get word
get wind pick up
find out
get a line
discover see | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally, I learned that she has two grown-up children, I see that you have been promoted |
hoist
lift wind | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help, hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car |
wreathe
wind | form into a wreath |
wind
wind up | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem, wind your watch |
wind wrap roll
twine | arrange or or coil around, roll your hair around your finger, Twine the thread around the spool, She wrapped her arms around the child |