Definition of Wind

Noun

• the act of winding or twisting
  "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
  winding twist
• a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
  fart farting flatus - breaking wind
• a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
  - wind instrument
• an indication of potential opportunity
  "he got a tip on the stock market"
  "a good lead for a job"
  tip lead steer - confidential information hint
• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
  "that's a lot of wind"
  "don't give me any of that jazz"
  malarkey malarky - idle words jazz nothingness
• breath
  "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
  
• a tendency or force that influences events
  "the winds of change"
  
• 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"
  - air current - current of air

Verb

• raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
  hoist lift
• form into a wreath
  wreathe
• coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
  "wind your watch"
  - wind up
• catch the scent of
  get wind of
  "The dog nosed out the drugs"
  scent nose
• arrange or or coil around
  "roll your hair around your finger"
  "Twine the thread around the spool"
  "She wrapped her arms around the child"
  wrap roll twine
• extend in curves and turns
  "The road winds around the lake"
  "the path twisted through the forest"
  twist curve
• 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"
  weave thread meander wander

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Unscramble wind

7 unscramble word found using the letters wind.

di, din, id, in, nid, win, wind,