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verb (used without object), wound or (Rare) winded
[wahyn-did] /ˌwaɪn dɪd/ (Show IPA), winding.
1.
to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander:
The river winds through the forest.
2.
to have a circular or spiral course or direction.
3.
to coil or twine about something:
The ivy winds around the house.
4.
to proceed circuitously or indirectly.
5.
to undergo winding or winding up.
6.
to be twisted or warped, as a board.
verb (used with object), wound or (Rare) winded
[wahyn-did] /ˌwaɪn dɪd/ (Show IPA), winding.
7.
to encircle or wreathe, as with something twined, wrapped, or placed about.
8.
to roll or coil (thread, string, etc.) into a ball, on a spool, or the like (often followed by up).
9.
to remove or take off by unwinding (usually followed by off or from):
She wound the thread off the bobbin.
10.
to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something.
11.
to make (a mechanism) operational by tightening the mainspring with a key (often followed by up):
to wind a clock; to wind up a toy.
12.
to haul or hoist by means of a winch, windlass, or the like (often followed by up).
13.
to make (one’s or its way) in a bending or curving course:
The stream winds its way through the woods.
14.
to make (one’s or its way) by indirect, stealthy, or devious procedure:
to wind one’s way into another’s confidence.
noun
15.
the act of winding.
16.
a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound:
If you give it another wind, you’ll break the mainspring.
17.
a twist producing an uneven surface.
Verb phrases
18.
wind down,

to lessen in intensity so as to bring or come to a gradual end:
The war is winding down.
to calm down; relax:
He’s too excited tonight to wind down and sleep.

19.
wind up,

to bring to a state of great tension; excite (usually used in the past participle):
He was all wound up before the game.
to bring or come to an end; conclude:
to wind up a sales campaign.
to settle or arrange in order to conclude:
to wind up one’s affairs.
to become ultimately:
to wind up as a country schoolteacher.
Baseball. (of a pitcher) to execute a windup.

Idioms
20.
out of wind, (of boards, plasterwork, etc.) flat and true.
noun
1.
the process of finishing or closing something, esp the process of closing down a business
noun
1.
a current of air, sometimes of considerable force, moving generally horizontally from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure See also Beaufort scale related adjective aeolian
2.
(mainly poetic) 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.
(often used in sports) the power to breathe normally: his wind is weak See also second wind
10.
(music)

a wind instrument or wind instruments considered collectively
(often pl) the musicians who play wind instruments in an orchestra
(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

the part of a vessel’s hull below the water line that is exposed by rolling or by wave action
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.
(Brit, informal) raise the wind, to obtain the necessary funds
26.
sail close to the wind, sail near to the wind

to come near the limits of danger or indecency
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
verb (transitive)
28.
to cause (someone) to be short of breath: the blow winded him
29.

to detect the scent of
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
verb winds, winding, wound
1.
often foll by around, about, or upon. to turn or coil (string, cotton, etc) around some object or point or (of string, etc) to be turned etc, around some object or point: he wound a scarf around his head
2.
(transitive) to twine, cover, or wreathe by or as if by coiling, wrapping, etc; encircle: we wound the body in a shroud
3.
(transitive) often foll by up. to tighten the spring of (a clockwork mechanism)
4.
(transitive) foll by off. to remove by uncoiling or unwinding
5.
(usually intransitive) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course: the river winds through the hills
6.
(transitive) to introduce indirectly or deviously: he is winding his own opinions into the report
7.
(transitive) to cause to twist or revolve: he wound the handle
8.
(transitive; usually foll by up or down) to move by cranking: please wind up the window
9.
(transitive) to haul, lift, or hoist (a weight, etc) by means of a wind or windlass
10.
(intransitive) (of a board, etc) to be warped or twisted
11.
(intransitive) (archaic) to proceed deviously or indirectly
noun
12.
the act of winding or state of being wound
13.
a single turn, bend, etc: a wind in the river
14.
Also called winding. a twist in a board or plank
verb winds, winding, winded, wound
1.
(transitive) (poetic) to blow (a note or signal) on (a horn, bugle, etc)
wind
(wĭnd)

A current of air, especially a natural one that moves along or parallel to the ground, moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. Surface wind is measured by anemometers or its effect on objects, such as trees. The large-scale pattern of winds on Earth is governed primarily by differences in the net solar radiation received at the Earth’s surface, but it is also influenced by the Earth’s rotation, by the distribution of continents and oceans, by ocean currents, and by topography. On a local scale, the differences in rate of heating and cooling of land versus bodies of water greatly affect wind formation. Prevailing global winds are classified into three major belts in the Northern Hemisphere and three corresponding belts in the Southern Hemisphere. The trade winds blow generally east to west toward a low-pressure zone at the equator throughout the region from 30° north to 30° south of the equator. The westerlies blow from west to east in the temperate mid-latitude regions (from 30° to 60° north and south of the equator), and the polar easterlies blow from east to west out of high-pressure areas in the polar regions. See also Beaufort scale, chinook, foehn, monsoon, Santa Ana.

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