winds

wind

• n.
  • air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

    "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"

    同义词：air currentcurrent of air

  • a tendency or force that influences events

    "the winds of change"

  • breath

    "the collision knocked the wind out of him"

  • empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

    "that's a lot of wind"

    同义词：idle wordsjazznothingness

  • an indication of potential opportunity

    同义词：tipleadsteerconfidential informationhint

  • a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

    同义词：wind instrument

  • a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

    同义词：fartfartingflatusbreaking wind

  • the act of winding or twisting

    "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

    同义词：windingtwist

• v.
  • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

    "the river winds through the hills"

    同义词：weavethreadmeanderwander

  • extend in curves and turns

    "The road winds around the lake"

    同义词：twistcurve

  • wrap or coil around

    同义词：wraprolltwine

  • catch the scent of; get wind of

    同义词：scentnose

  • coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

    "wind your watch"

    同义词：wind up

  • form into a wreath

    同义词：wreathe

  • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    同义词：hoistlift