Noun
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""when there is no wind, row""the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"2. a tendency or force that influences events;
"the winds of change"3. breath;
"the collision knocked the wind out of him"4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
"that's a lot of wind""don't give me any of that jazz"5. an indication of potential opportunity;
"he got a tip on the stock market""a good lead for a job"6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
8. the act of winding or twisting;
"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"Verb
1. 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. extend in curves and turns;
"The road winds around the lake"3. wrap or coil around;
"roll your hair around your finger""Twine the thread around the spool"4. catch the scent of; get wind of;
"The dog nosed out the drugs"5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;
"wind your watch"6. form into a wreath
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"