SECOND WIND
Dictionary entry overview: What does second wind mean?
• SECOND WIND (noun)
The noun SECOND WIND has 2 senses:
1. renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking
2. the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion
Familiarity information: SECOND WIND used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SECOND WIND (noun)
Meaning:
Renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting / the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind
Hypernyms ("second wind" is a kind of...):
energy; get-up-and-go; push (enterprising or ambitious drive)
Meaning:
The return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("second wind" is a kind of...):
breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)
