(boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
(uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
A bird, the dotterel.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
verb
(intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
(transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
(transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
(transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
(transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
(transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
(transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
(transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
(transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
(transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
(transitive, Britain) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
(transitive, Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
(transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
