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wind1 (wɪnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also Beaufort scale a current of air, sometimes of considerable force, moving generally horizontally from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressureRelated: aeolian |
| 2. | poetic chiefly the direction from which a wind blows, usually a cardinal point of the compass |
| 3. | air artificially moved, as by a fan, pump, etc |
| 4. | any sweeping and destructive force |
| 5. | a trend, tendency, or force: the winds of revolution |
| 6. | informal a hint; suggestion: we got wind that you were coming |
| 7. | something deemed insubstantial: his talk was all wind |
| 8. | breath, as used in respiration or talk: you're just wasting wind |
| 9. | See also second wind (often used in sports) the power to breathe normally: his wind is weak |
| 10. | music |
| a. a wind instrument or wind instruments considered collectively | |
| b. (often plural) the musicians who play wind instruments in an orchestra | |
| c. (modifier) of, relating to, or composed of wind instruments: a wind ensemble | |
| 11. | an informal name for flatus |
| 12. | the air on which the scent of an animal is carried to hounds or on which the scent of a hunter is carried to his quarry |
| 13. | between wind and water |
| a. the part of a vessel's hull below the water line that is exposed by rolling or by wave action | |
| b. any point particularly susceptible to attack or injury | |
| 14. | break wind to release intestinal gas through the anus |
| 15. | informal get the wind up, have the wind up to become frightened |
| 16. | have in the wind to be in the act of following (quarry) by scent |
| 17. | how the wind blows, how the wind lies, which way the wind blows, which way the wind lies what appears probable |
| 18. | in the wind about to happen |
| 19. | informal three sheets in the wind intoxicated; drunk |
| 20. | in the teeth of the wind, in the eye of the wind directly into the wind |
| 21. | into the wind against the wind or upwind |
| 22. | nautical off the wind away from the direction from which the wind is blowing |
| 23. | nautical on the wind as near as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
| 24. | informal put the wind up to frighten or alarm |
| 25. | informal (Brit) raise the wind to obtain the necessary funds |
| 26. | sail close to the wind, sail near to the wind |
| a. to come near the limits of danger or indecency | |
| b. to live frugally or manage one's affairs economically | |
| 27. | take the wind out of someone's sails to destroy someone's advantage; disconcert or deflate |
| —vb | |
| 28. | to cause (someone) to be short of breath: the blow winded him |
| 29. | a. to detect the scent of |
| b. to pursue (quarry) by following its scent | |
| 30. | to cause (a baby) to bring up wind after feeding by patting or rubbing on the back |
| 31. | to expose to air, as in drying, ventilating, etc |
| Related: aeolian | |
| [Old English wind; related to Old High German wint, Old Norse vindr, Gothic winds, Latin ventus] | |
| 'windless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'windlessly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'windlessness1 | |
| —n | |
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The body typically cools itself by increasing surface blood flow, or relying mainly on evaporation on a windless day.
The lake is screened by heavy forest, and generally stays relatively windless and calm.
Choose a windless day and apply the herbicide, carefully mix the spray by following the directions on the container.
Loading and unloading of filters from the sample cartridges should be performed in a clean, windless, dust free environment.
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