1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• wind ,

) a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change" ;

3. (

• wind ,

) breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" ;

4. (

• 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" ;

5. (

• 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" ;

6. (

• wind_instrument ,
• wind

) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath ;

7. (

• fart ,
• farting ,
• flatus ,
• wind ,
• breaking_wind

) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus ;

8. (

• wind ,
• winding ,
• twist ,

) the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" ;

1. (

• weave ,
• wind ,
• thread ,
• meander ,
• wander ,

) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" ;

2. (

• wind ,
• twist ,
• curve

) extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" ;

3. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• scent ,
• nose ,
• wind

) catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" ;

5. (

• wind ,
• wind_up

) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch" ;

6. (

• wreathe ,
• wind ,

) form into a wreath ;

7. (

• hoist ,
• lift ,
• wind ,

) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" ;