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- English Word Wind Definition To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
- English Word Wind Definition To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- English Word Wind Definition To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
- English Word Wind Definition To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
- English Word Wind Definition To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
- English Word Wind Definition To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
- English Word Wind Definition The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
- English Word Wind Definition Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
- English Word Wind Definition Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
- English Word Wind Definition Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- English Word Wind Definition Power of respiration; breath.
- English Word Wind Definition Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
- English Word Wind Definition Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
- English Word Wind Definition A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
- English Word Wind Definition A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- English Word Wind Definition Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- English Word Wind Definition The dotterel.
- English Word Wind Definition To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- English Word Wind Definition To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
- English Word Wind Definition To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.