Before the wind

1. Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.

2. A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.

3. The direction from which a movement of air comes: The wind is north-northwest.

4. A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass: the four winds.

5. Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration: had the wind knocked out of them.

6. Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.

7. The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra. Often used in the plural.

8. Wind instruments or their players considered as a group. Often used in the plural.

9. Woodwinds. Often used in the plural.

10. Something that disrupts or destroys: the winds of war.

11. A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.

12. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

13. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

1. The direction from which a movement of air comes: The wind is north-northwest.

2. A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass: the four winds.

3. Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration: had the wind knocked out of them.

4. Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.

5. The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra. Often used in the plural.

6. Wind instruments or their players considered as a group. Often used in the plural.

7. Woodwinds. Often used in the plural.

8. Something that disrupts or destroys: the winds of war.

9. A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.

10. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

11. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

Moving air carrying sound, an odor, or a scent.

1. Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration: had the wind knocked out of them.

2. Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.

3. The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra. Often used in the plural.

4. Wind instruments or their players considered as a group. Often used in the plural.

5. Woodwinds. Often used in the plural.

6. Something that disrupts or destroys: the winds of war.

7. A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.

8. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

9. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

Music

1. The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra. Often used in the plural.

2. Wind instruments or their players considered as a group. Often used in the plural.

3. Woodwinds. Often used in the plural.

4. Something that disrupts or destroys: the winds of war.

5. A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.

6. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

7. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

1. Something that disrupts or destroys: the winds of war.

2. A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.

3. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

4. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

Information, especially of something concealed; intimation: Trouble will ensue if wind of this scandal gets out.

1. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

2. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

To expose to free movement of air; ventilate or dry.

1. To detect the smell of; catch a scent of.

2. To pursue by following a scent.

To cause to be out of or short of breath.

To afford a recovery of breath: stopped to wind and water the horses.