wind

Noun

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

• a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

• a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

• an indication of potential opportunity
  • he got a tip on the stock market
    
  • a good lead for a job
    

• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
  • that's a lot of wind
    
  • don't give me any of that jazz
    

• breath
  • the collision knocked the wind out of him
    

• a tendency or force that influences events
  • the winds of change
    

• 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
    

Verb

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

• form into a wreath

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

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

• arrange or or coil around
  • roll your hair around your finger
    
  • Twine the thread around the spool
    
  • She wrapped her arms around the child
    

• extend in curves and turns
  • The road winds around the lake
    
  • the path twisted through the forest
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  winding , twist , fart , farting , flatus , breaking wind , wind instrument , tip , lead , steer , confidential information , hint , malarkey , malarky , idle words , jazz , nothingness , air current , current of air , hoist , lift , wreathe , wind up , scent , nose , wrap , roll , twine , curve , weave , thread , m
• Antonyms: 
  unwind , wind off , unroll