WIND

Definition of WIND

  1. (verb)to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  2. (verb)extend in curves and turns
  3. (verb)arrange or coil around
  4. (verb)coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
  5. (verb)form into a wreath
  6. (verb)raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  7. (noun)air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
  8. (noun)a tendency or force that influences events
  9. (noun)breath
  10. (noun)empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
  11. (noun)an indication of potential opportunity
  12. (noun)a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
  13. (noun)a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
  14. (noun)the act of winding or twisting
  15. (verb)catch the scent of; get wind of