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wind¹ (wĭnd) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.

tr.v. wind·ed, wind·ing, winds

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.

[Middle English, from Old English; see wē- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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