wind

English

/ˈwɪnd/, /ˈwaɪnd/, /waɪnd/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
  • Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
  • (countable) The ability to breathe easily.
  • News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
  • One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the _Classical elements).
  • (uncountable) Flatus.
  • Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
  • (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
  • 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".
  • Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
  • A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
  • Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
  • A bird, the dotterel.
  • (boxing) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English winde inherited from Old English wind (wind, wrapping, a winding) inherited from Proto-Germanic *windaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (wind), *h₂weh₁- (blow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂weh₁-

Gloss

blow

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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