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 |