
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)wind1, air current, current of airair 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” (n)wind1a tendency or force that influences events“the winds of change” (n)wind1breath“the collision knocked the wind out of him” (n)wind instrument, wind1a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath (n)wind2, winding, twistthe act of winding or twisting“he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind” Verbs
(v)weave, wind1, thread, meander, wanderto 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” (v)wind1, twist, curveextend in curves and turns“The road winds around the lake”,
“the path twisted through the forest” (v)wind1, wrap, roll, twinearrange or coil around“roll your hair around your finger”,
“Twine the thread around the spool”,
“She wrapped her arms around the child” (v)wind1, wind upcoil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem“wind your watch” (v)hoist, lift, wind1raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help“hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car” (v)scent, nose, wind2catch the scent of; get wind of“The dog nosed out the drugs”