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WIND
Irregular inflected form: wound 
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of winding or twisting
Example:
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)
Derivation:
wind (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Breath
Example:
the collision knocked the wind out of him
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
breathing out; exhalation; expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Synonyms:
breaking wind; fart; farting; flatus; wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
Synonyms:
wind; wind instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
instrument; musical instrument (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)
Meronyms (parts of "wind"):
embouchure; mouthpiece (the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly)
bell (the flared opening of a tubular device)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wind"):
wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)
whistle (a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it)
post horn (wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries)
pipe (a tubular wind instrument)
organ pipe; pipe; pipework (the flues and stops on a pipe organ)
organ; pipe organ (wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard)
ocarina; sweet potato (egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes)
kazoo (a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece)
free-reed instrument (a wind instrument with a free reed)
brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An indication of potential opportunity
Example:
a good lead for a job
Synonyms:
confidential information; hint; lead; steer; tip; wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
Example:
don't give me any of that jazz
Synonyms:
idle words; jazz; malarkey; malarky; nothingness; wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)
Derivation:
windy (using or containing too many words)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A tendency or force that influences events
Example:
the winds of change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
Example:
the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere
Synonyms:
air current; current of air; wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
atmospheric condition; conditions; weather; weather condition (the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation)
Meronyms (substance of "wind"):
air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wind"):
northwest wind; northwester (a wind from the northwest)
sou'wester; southwester (a strong wind from the southwest)
sou'easter; southeaster (a strong wind from the southeast)
gale (a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale)
blast; blow; gust (a strong current of air)
monsoon (a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter)
monsoon (any wind that changes direction with the seasons)
boreas; north wind; norther; northerly (a wind that blows from the north)
prevailing wind (the predominant wind direction)
samiel; simoom; simoon (a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa)
south wind; souther; southerly (a wind from the south)
squall (sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation)
thermal (rising current of warm air)
draft; draught (a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle))
west wind; wester (wind that blows from west to east)
airstream (a relatively well-defined prevailing wind)
calm; calm air (wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale)
air; breeze; gentle wind; zephyr (a slight wind (usually refreshing))
chinook; chinook wind; snow eater (a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies)
harmattan (a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter)
crosswind (wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft)
foehn; fohn (a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps)
khamsin (an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring)
Santa Ana (a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast)
high wind (a very strong wind)
headwind (wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft)
catabatic wind; katabatic wind (a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air)
tailwind (wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft)
doldrums (a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific)
languor (oppressively still air)
east wind; easter; easterly (a wind from the east)
Derivation:
windy (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes)
windy (resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they wind ... he / she / it winds
Past participle: winded /wound
-ing form: winding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Example:
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):
trice; trice up (hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Form into a wreath
Synonyms:
wind; wreathe
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin, wind, or twist together)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
Example:
wind your watch
Synonyms:
wind; wind up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
fasten; tighten (make tight or tighter)
"Wind" entails doing...:
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):
rewind (wind (up) again)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
wind (the act of winding or twisting)
winder (mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock))
winder (a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Arrange or or coil around
Example:
She wrapped her arms around the child
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):
spool (wind onto a spool or a reel)
reel (wind onto or off a reel)
ball (form into a ball by winding or rolling)
coil; curl; loop (wind around something in coils or loops)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence examples:
They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick
Antonym:
unwind (reverse the winding or twisting of)
Derivation:
winder (mechanical device around which something can be wound)
winder (a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism))
Sense 5
Meaning:
To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Example:
sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
Synonyms:
meander; thread; wander; weave; wind
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Verb group:
wander (go via an indirect route or at no set pace)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):
snake (move along a winding path)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Catch the scent of; get wind of
Example:
The dog nosed out the drugs
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
smell (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
Meaning:
Extend in curves and turns
Example:
the path twisted through the forest
Synonyms:
curve; twist; wind
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):
circumvolute (wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail)
spiral (form a spiral)
snake (form a snake-like pattern)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Context examples:
It was a very cold day, with cutting blasts of wind.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
And who taught you to paint wind?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Platelets help blood to clot when you have a cut or wound.
(Blood, NIH)
“There was no wind that night, I understand,” said Holmes.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bacteria enter your body when you get an injury such as a bruise, burn, surgical cut, or wound.
(Cellulitis, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
You can get the infection if you rub it in your eyes or nose, the bite wound or a cut.
(Chagas Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Bleeding can be a reaction to a cut or other wound.
(Bleeding, NIH)
This allele, which encodes platelet factor-4 protein, is involved in coagulation regulation, inflammation and wound repair.
(PF4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
As a strong chemoattractant for neutrophils and fibroblasts, PF4 probably has a role in inflammation and wound repair.
(Platelet Factor 4, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)
The first of December was a wintry day indeed to them, for a bitter wind blew, snow fell fast, and the year seemed getting ready for its death.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
