- wind, air current, current of air - 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"
--1 is a kind of weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
--1 has substances: air
--1 has particulars: - wind - a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
--2 is a kind of influence
- wind - breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
--3 is a kind of exhalation, expiration, breathing out
- wind, idle words, jazz, nothingness - empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
--4 is a kind of talk, talking
- tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
--5 is a kind of guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
- wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
--6 is a kind of musical instrument, instrument
--6 has parts: bell; mouthpiece, embouchure
--6 has particulars:- fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind - a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
--7 is a kind of reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
- wind, winding, twist - the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
--8 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
Derived form: verb wind5 - wind - breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
- weave, wind, thread, meander, wander - 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"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- wind, curve - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- wind, wrap, roll, twine - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Antonyms: unwind, wind off, unroll
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun winder3, noun winder1
They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick
- scent, nose, wind - catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
--4 is one way to smell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- wind, wind up - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
--5 is one way to tighten, fasten
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun wind8, noun winder1, noun winder2
Somebody ----s something
- wreathe, wind - form into a wreath
--6 is one way to intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
--7 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP