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near the wind

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wind 1   (wĭnd)   
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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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
  1. 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.

  2. To cause to be out of or short of breath.

  3. 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
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