Dictionary entry details
• WIND (noun)
Meaning:
Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
wind; current of air; air current
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
atmospheric condition; weather; weather condition (the meteorological conditions: 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"):
monsoon (any wind that changes direction with the seasons)
monsoon (a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter)
blast; blow; gust (a strong current of air)
gale (a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale)
sou'easter; southeaster (a strong wind from the southeast)
sou'wester; southwester (a strong wind from the southwest)
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 room or vehicle))
west wind; wester (wind that blows from west to east)
northwest wind; northwester (a wind from the northwest)
east wind; easter; easterly (a wind from the east)
airstream (a relatively well-defined prevailing wind)
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 or 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)
doldrums (a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific)
tailwind (wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft)
catabatic wind; katabatic wind (a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air)
headwind (wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft)
high wind (a very strong wind)
Santa Ana (a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast)
Meaning:
A tendency or force that influences events
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Context example:
the winds of change
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)
Meaning:
Breath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the collision knocked the wind out of him
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
breathing out; exhalation; expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)
Meaning:
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
jazz; idle words; nothingness; wind
Context examples:
that's a lot of wind / don't give me any of that jazz
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)
Meaning:
An indication of potential opportunity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
steer; confidential information; tip; hint; wind; lead
Context examples:
he got a tip on the stock market / a good lead for a job
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)
Meaning:
A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
wind instrument; wind
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"):
bell (the flared opening of a tubular device)
embouchure; mouthpiece (the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wind"):
bagpipe; pipe (a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the instrument)
wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)
post horn (wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries)
pandean pipe; panpipe; syrinx (a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together)
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)
Meaning:
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
flatus; farting; fart; breaking wind; wind
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
Meaning:
The act of winding or twisting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
winding; wind; twist
Context example:
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Hypernyms ("wind" is a kind of...):
rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)
• WIND (verb)
Meaning:
To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
wind; thread; meander; wander; weave
Context examples:
the river winds through the hills / the path meanders through the vineyards / sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
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
Meaning:
Extend in curves and turns
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
curve; wind; twist
Context examples:
The road winds around the lake / the path twisted through the forest
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
Meaning:
Wrap or coil around
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wrap; twine; wind; roll
Context examples:
roll your hair around your finger / Twine the thread around the spool
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wind"):
coil; curl; loop (wind around something in coils or loops)
clew; clue (roll into a ball)
ball (form into a ball by winding or rolling)
reel (wind onto or off a reel)
spool (wind onto a spool or a reel)
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)
Meaning:
Catch the scent of; get wind of
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
scent; nose; wind
Context example:
The dog nosed out the drugs
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
Meaning:
Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wind up; wind
Context example:
wind your watch
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Form into a wreath
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wreathe; wind
Hypernyms (to "wind" is one way to...):
enlace; entwine; interlace; intertwine; lace; twine (spin or twist together so as to form a cord)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hoist; wind; lift
Context example:
hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
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
