- wind
- I
n. /wind/
movement, current of air1) an adverse; balmy, gentle, light; biting, cold, cutting, icy; brisk, heavy, high, stiff, strong; fair, favorable; gale-force; gusty; head; raw; tail; trade wind
2) the prevailing winds
3) the wind blows; falls, subsides; howls; picks up
4) a blast, gust of wind
5) a down; up wind
6) (misc.) as free as the wind
knowledge7) to get wind of smt.
breath8) to catch, get one's second wind
9) out of wind
misc.10) to break wind ('to expel rectal gas'); in the wind ('imminent'); to take the wind out of smb.'s sails ('to deflate smb.'); to see how the wind blows ('to see what is likely to happen'); to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
IIv. /waynd/
1) (d; tr.) to wind around, round (she wound the string around her finger)
2) (P; intr.) the procession wound through the town
3) (misc.) to wind smb. around one's little finger ('to manipulate smb.')
* * *[waɪnd]balmybitingbriskfallsgale-forceget one's second windgust of windgustyheavyhowlsicypicks upstrongsubsidesto sow the wind and reap the whirlwindtrade windup windin the wind ('imminent')to take the wind out of smb. 's sails ('to deflate smb. ')to see how the wind blows ('to see what is likely to happen')round (she wound the string around her finger)(P; intr.) the procession wound through the town(d; tr.) to wind around(misc.) as free as the wind/wind/['breath'] to catch['knowledge'] to get wind of smt.['movement,currentofair'] an adversea blasta downout of windthe prevailing windsthe wind blows['misc. '] to break wind ('to expel rectal gas')(misc.) to wind smb. around one's little finger ('to manipulate smb. ')
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
