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wind definition and meaning
a.
To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
a.
To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
a.
To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
a.
To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
a.
To extract, as ore or coal.
v. i.
To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
v. t.
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
v. t.
To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
v. t.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
v. t.
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
v. t.
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
v. i.
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
v. i.
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
v. i.
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
n.
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
n.
Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
n.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
n.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
n.
Power of respiration; breath.
n.
Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
n.
Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
n.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
n.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
n.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
n.
The dotterel.
v. t.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
v. t.
To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
v. t.
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
v. t.
To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
v. t.
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
Crossword clues for wind
- Be first past the post
- Be victorious
- Come first in a competition
- defeating
- Finish in front
- Gain victory
- rake in
- Start waving in triumph
- Triumph
- Victory
- Air current
- Breeze
- Coil (around)
- Turn; breeze
- Win 500? It’s a breeze!
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