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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely {Winded}); p. pr & vb n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS windan; akin to OS windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf {Wander}, {Wend}.] 1. 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. Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor. --Milton. 2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle. Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. --Shak. 3. To have complete control over to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will to regulate; to govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak. In his terms so he would him wind. --Chaucer. Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses. --Herrick. Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. --Addison. 4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical. --Shak. Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. --Gov. of Tongue. 5. To cover or surround with something coiled about as to wind a rope with twine. {To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil. {To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon. {To wind up}. a To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. b To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. c To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence to prepare for continued movement or action to put in order anew. ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.'' --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch.'' --Atterbury. d To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute.'' --Waller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. i. 1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything to assume a convolved or spiral form as vines wind round a pole. So swift your judgments turn and wind. --Dryden. 2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as to wind in and out among trees. And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. --Thomson. He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To go to the one side or the other to move this way and that to double on one's course; as a hare pursued turns and winds. The lowing herd wind ?lowly o'er the lea. --Gray. To wind out to extricate one's self to escape. Long struggling underneath are they could wind Out of such prison. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\ (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr from the verb seen in Skr. v[=a] to blow, akin to AS w[=a]wan, D. waaijen G. wehen, OHG. w[=a]en, w[=a]jen, Goth. waian. [root]131. Cf {Air}, {Ventail}, {Ventilate}, {Window}, {Winnow}.] 1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to good. --Tusser. Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow. 2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action as the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. 3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. Their instruments were various in their kind Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. --Dryden. 4. Power of respiration; breath. If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent. --Shak. 5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as to be troubled with wind. 6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent. A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift. 7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds. Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. --Ezek. xxxvii 9. Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind. 8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. 9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. --Milton. 10. (Zo["o]l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words {All in the wind}. (Naut.) See under {All}, n. {Before the wind}. (Naut.) See under {Before}. {Between wind and water} (Naut.), in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous) the vulnerable part or point of anything {Cardinal winds}. See under {Cardinal}, a. {Down the wind}. a In the direction of and moving with the wind; as birds fly swiftly down the wind. b Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] ``He went down the wind still.'' --L'Estrange. {In the wind's eye} (Naut.), directly toward the point from which the wind blows. {Three sheets in the wind}, unsteady from drink. [Sailors' Slang] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr & vb n. {Winding}.] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their horns.'' --Pennant. Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn. --Pope. That blast was winded by the king. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr & vb n. {Winding}.] 1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as the hounds winded the game. 3. a To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. b To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. {To wind a ship} (Naut.), to turn it end for end so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wind \Wind\, n. (Boxing) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark. [Slang or Cant] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place {Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.'' --Shak. {Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also beyond the limit of memory; as time out of mind. {Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] {Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. {Out of order}, not in proper order disarranged; in confusion. {Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place hence not proper or becoming. {Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. {Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc {Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. {Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. {Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. {Out of sorts}, wanting certain things unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n. {Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry. {Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. {Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence not in an agreeing temper; fretful. {Out of twist}, {winding}, or {wind}, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. {Out of use}, not in use unfashionable; obsolete. {Out of the way}. a On one side hard to reach or find secluded. b Improper; unusual; wrong {Out of the woods}, not in a place or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] {Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. {Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] {To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc {To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy. {Week in week out}. See {Day in day out} (above). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wind n 1: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds" 2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change" 3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" 4: empty or insincere or exaggerated talk; that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: {idle words}, {jazz}, {nothingness}] 5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: {tip}, {lead}, {steer}, {confidential information}, {hint}] 6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn: {wind instrument}] 7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: {fart}, {farting}, {flatus}, {breaking wind}] 8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: {winding}, {twist}] v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course: the river winds through the hills. [syn: {weave}, {thread}, {meander}] 2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake" [syn: {curve}] 3: wrap around move around [syn: {wrap}, {roll}] [ant: {unwind}] 4: catch the scent of get wind of "The dog nosed out the drugs" [syn: {scent}, {nose}] 5: of springs [syn: {wind up}] 6: form into a wreath [syn: {wreathe}] 7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: {hoist}, {lift}] 8: tighten the spring of (a mechanisms); wind up the toy" [syn: {wind up}]
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