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In the eye of the wind

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wind

1  [n. wind, Literary wahynd; v. wind]
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–noun
1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
2. a gale; storm; hurricane.
3. any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.
4. air that is blown or forced to produce a musical sound in singing or playing an instrument.
5. wind instrument.
6. wind instruments collectively.
7. the winds, the members of an orchestra or band who play the wind instruments.
8. breath or breathing: to catch one's wind.
9. the power of breathing freely, as during continued exertion.
10. any influential force or trend: strong winds of public opinion.
11. a hint or intimation: to catch wind of a stock split.
12. air carrying an animal's odor or scent.
13. solar wind.
14. empty talk; mere words.
15. vanity; conceitedness.
16. gas generated in the stomach and intestines.
17. Boxing Slang. the pit of the stomach where a blow may cause a temporary shortness of breath; solar plexus.
18. any direction of the compass.
19. a state of unconcern, recklessness, or abandon: to throw all caution to the winds.
–verb (used with object)
20. to expose to wind or air.
21. to follow by the scent.
22. to make short of wind or breath, as by vigorous exercise.
23. to let recover breath, as by resting after exertion.
–verb (used without object)
24. to catch the scent or odor of game.
—Idioms
25. between wind and water,
a. (of a ship) at or near the water line.
b. in a vulnerable or precarious spot: In her profession one is always between wind and water.
26. break wind, to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus.
27. how the wind blows or lies, what the tendency or probability is: Try to find out how the wind blows. Also, which way the wind blows.
28. in the teeth of the wind, sailing directly into the wind; against the wind. Also, in the eye of the wind, in the wind's eye.
29. in the wind, about to occur; imminent; impending: There's good news in the wind.
30. off the wind,
a. away from the wind; with the wind at one's back.
b. (of a sailing vessel) headed into the wind with sails shaking or aback.
31. on the wind, as close as possible to the wind. Also, on a wind.
32. sail close to the wind,
a. Also, sail close on a wind. to sail as nearly as possible in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
b. to practice economy in the management of one's affairs.
c. to verge on a breach of propriety or decency.
d. to escape (punishment, detection, etc.) by a narrow margin; take a risk.
33. take the wind out of one's sails, to surprise someone, esp. with unpleasant news; stun; shock; flabbergast: She took the wind out of his sails when she announced she was marrying someone else.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME (n.), OE; c. D, G Wind, ON vindr, Goth winds, L ventus

Synonyms:
1. Wind, air, zephyr, breeze, blast, gust refer to a quantity of air set in motion naturally. Wind applies to any such air in motion, blowing with whatever degree of gentleness or violence. Air, usually poetical, applies to a very gentle motion of the air. Zephyr, also poetical, refers to an air characterized by its soft, mild quality. A breeze is usually a cool, light wind. Blast and gust apply to quick, forceful winds of short duration; blast implies a violent rush of air, often a cold one, whereas a gust is little more than a flurry. 16. flatulence.
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n.  

  1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.

    1. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.

    2. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.

    3. The pigmented iris of this organ.

    4. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.

    5. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.

    6. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.

    7. An opening in a needle.

    8. The aperture of a camera.

    9. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.

    10. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.

    11. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.

    12. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.

    13. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.

    14. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.

    15. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.

  3. The faculty of seeing; vision.

  4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.

    1. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.

    2. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.

    3. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.

    4. An opening in a needle.

    5. The aperture of a camera.

    6. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.

    7. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.

    8. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.

    9. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.

    10. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.

    11. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.

    12. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.

  6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:

    1. An opening in a needle.

    2. The aperture of a camera.

    3. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.

    4. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.

    5. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.

    6. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.

    7. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.

    8. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.

    9. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.

  7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.

  8. Botany

    1. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.

    2. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.

    3. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.

    4. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.

    1. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.

    2. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.

  10. Informal A detective, especially a private investigator.

  11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.

tr.v.   eyed, eye·ing or ey·ing (ī'ĭng), eyes

  1. To look at: eyed the passing crowd with indifference.

  2. To watch closely: eyed the shark's movements.

  3. To supply with an eye.


[Middle English, from Old English ēge, ēage; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

wind  (n.)
"air in motion," O.E. wind, from P.Gmc. *wendas (cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du. wind, O.N. vindr, O.H.G. wind, Ger. Wind, Goth. winds), from PIE *we-nt-o- "blowing," from base *we- "to blow" (cf. Skt. va-, Gk. aemi-, Goth. waian, O.E. wawan, O.H.G. wajan, Ger. wehen, O.C.S. vejati "to blow;" Skt. vatah, Avestan vata-, Hittite huwantis, L. ventus, O.C.S. vetru, Lith. vejas "wind;" Lith. vetra "tempest, storm;" O.Ir. feth "air;" Welsh gwynt, Bret. gwent "wind"). Normal pronunciation evolution made this word rhyme with kind and rind (Donne rhymes it with mind), but shifted to a short vowel 18c., probably from influence of windy, where the short vowel is natural. A sad loss for poets, who now must rhyme it only with sinned and a handful of weak words. Symbolic of emptiness and vanity since c.1290.
"I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind." [Ernest Dowson, 1896]
To get wind of "receive information about" is recorded from 1809, perhaps from Fr. avoir le vent de. Wind-chill index is recorded from 1939. The verb meaning "tire, put out of breath" is attested from 1811.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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