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wind::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus |
| Type of | reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, reflex action, physiological reaction, unconditioned reflex, inborn reflex, reflex response |
wind::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness |
| Type of | talking, talk |
| Derivation | windy |
that's a lot of wind.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | twist, winding |
| Type of | rotation, rotary motion |
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind.
wind::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wind instrument |
| Type of | instrument, musical instrument |
| Has types | organ pipe, whistle, post horn, brass, pipe, sweet potato, pipe organ, kazoo, pipework, free-reed instrument, ocarina, organ, woodwind instrument, brass instrument, woodwind, wood |
wind::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | air current, current of air |
| Type of | weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition, conditions |
| Has types | blast, blow, boreas, zephyr, breeze, calm, calm air, catabatic wind, chinook, chinook wind, simoon, sou'easter, sou'wester, air, khamsin, languor, monsoon, north wind, norther, northerly, northwest wind, northwester, squall, prevailing wind, southwester, southerly, souther, southeaster, south wind, samiel, santa ana, simoom, snow eater, crosswind, doldrums, draft, draught, east wind, easter, easterly, airstream, wester, west wind, foehn, fohn, gale, gentle wind, gust, harmattan, headwind, high wind, thermal, tailwind, katabatic wind |
| Derivation | windy |
trees bent under the fierce winds.
when there is no wind, row.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip |
| Type of | direction, counsel, counseling, guidance, counselling |
Examples of wind
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The wind crumpled portions of the sanctuary's copper roof, causing water damage.
From the stltoday.com
He kicked in wind and snow, rain and sun, on field turf and woeful Chicago turf.
From the bostonherald.com
Hey Adrian, this is a bad Avalanche team that could wind up with a lottery pick.
From the denverpost.com
Carr thought the cold and wind may have sapped any hunting desire from his bird.
From the kansas.com
There's a slight chance for severe weather activity with hail and damaging wind.
From the washingtonpost.com
Schenirer and Cohn said it could wind through a few neighborhoods into downtown.
From the sacbee.com
The Danish government pays more than $300 million to wind generators every year.
From the businessweek.com
If the trend holds, Patagonia could become the Mideast of the wind-energy world.
From the businessweek.com
A smarter grid could also help manage the increased use of wind and solar power.
From the online.wsj.com
- 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"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
- Weave: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
- A tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
- Extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
- Arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
- Breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
- Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into ...
- WiND is a Web application targeted at Wireless community networks. It was created as a replacement for for the members of Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) located in Athens, Greece.
- WIND "News-Talk 560" is a radio station based in Chicago, Illinois, broadcasting its talk radio format on 560 kHz.
