English > wind: 15 senses > noun 1, phenomenon| Meaning | Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. |
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| Examples | - "trees bent under the fierce winds"
- "when there is no wind, row"
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| Synonyms | air current, current of air |
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| Narrower | Santa Ana | A strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast |
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| airstream | A relatively well-defined prevailing wind |
| breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air | A slight wind (usually refreshing) |
| calm air, calm | wind moving at less than 1 knot |
| chinook, chinook wind, snow eater | A warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies |
| crosswind | wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft |
| doldrums | A belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific |
| draft, draught | A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) |
| east wind, easter, easterly | A wind from the east |
| fohn, foehn | A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps |
| gale | A strong wind moving 45-90 knots |
| gust, blast, blow | A strong current of air |
| harmattan | A dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter |
| headwind | wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft |
| high wind | A very strong wind |
| katabatic wind, catabatic wind | A wind caused by the downward motion of cold air |
| khamsin | An oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring |
| languor | Oppressively still air |
| monsoon | A seasonal wind in southern Asia |
| monsoon | Any wind that changes direction with the seasons |
| north wind, northerly, norther, boreas | A wind that blows from the north |
| northwest wind, northwester | A wind from the northwest |
| prevailing wind | The predominant wind direction |
| simoom, simoon, samiel | A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa |
| south wind, souther, southerly | A wind from the south |
| southeaster, sou'easter | A strong wind from the southeast |
| southwester, sou'wester | A strong wind from the southwest |
| squall | sudden violent winds |
| tailwind | wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft |
| thermal | Rising current of warm air |
| west wind, wester | wind that blows from west to east |
| Broader | weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition | The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation |
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| Substances | air | A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing |
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| Spanish | aire, viento |
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| Catalan | aire, vent |
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| Adjectives | windy | resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability |
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| windy | abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes |
English > wind: 15 senses > noun 6, artifact| Meaning | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
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| Synonym | wind instrument |
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| Parts | bell | The flared opening of a tubular device |
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| mouthpiece, embouchure | The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly |
| Narrower | brass, brass instrument | A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece |
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| free-reed instrument | A wind instrument with a free reed |
| kazoo | A toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece |
| ocarina, sweet potato | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
| organ, pipe organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
| organ pipe, pipe, pipework | The flues and stops on a pipe organ |
| pipe | A tubular wind instrument |
| post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries |
| whistle | A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it |
| woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood | Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments |
| Broader | musical instrument, instrument | Any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds |
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| Spanish | aerófono, instrumento de viento |
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| Catalan | instrument de vent |
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English > wind: 15 senses > verb 1, motion| Meaning | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "the river winds through the hills" |
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| Synonyms | weave, thread, meander, wander |
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| Narrower | snake | Move along a winding path |
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| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
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| Similar to | wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace |
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| Spanish | arremolinar, serpentear, zigzaguear |
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| Catalan | arremolinar, serpejar, serpentejar, vagar |
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English > wind: 15 senses > verb 3, contact| Meaning | Arrange or or coil around. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Model | They wind the wire around the stick; The wires wind around the stick |
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| Synonyms | wrap, roll, twine |
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| Narrower | ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling |
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| clue, clew | Roll into a ball |
| coil, loop, curl | wind around something in coils or loops |
| reel | wind onto or off a reel |
| spool | wind onto a spool or a reel |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| Opposite | unwind, wind off, unroll | reverse the winding or twisting of |
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| Spanish | arrollar, enrollar, envolver, girar, la guita |
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| Catalan | circumdar, embolicar, encerclar, enrotllar, envoltar, girar, voltar |
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| Nouns | winder | mechanical device around which something can be wound |
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| winder | a worker who winds / winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) |
English > wind: 15 senses > verb 7, contact| Meaning | Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | hoist, lift |
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| Narrower | trice, trice up | hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope |
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| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
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| Spanish | elevar, enarbolar, izar, levantar, subir |
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| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, elevar, hissar, pujar |
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