Definition of wind

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Wind (v. t.) To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball..

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Meteorology :: Meteorology (n.) The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..
Kite :: Kite (n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light..
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
Cutting :: Cutting (a.) Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind..
Windbound :: Windbound (a.) prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound..
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest..
Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..
Fleet :: Fleet (n. & a.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.
Thropple :: Thropple (n.) The windpipe.
Water Flounder :: Water flounder () The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind..
Spooler :: Spool (v. t.) To wind on a spool or spools.
Wind :: Wind (n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Billow :: Billow (n.) A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind..
Trumpetwood :: Trumpetwood (n.) A tropical American tree (Cecropia peltata) of the Breadfruit family, having hollow stems, which are used for wind instruments; -- called also snakewood, and trumpet tree..
Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine..
Rackett :: Rackett (n.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys..
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