wind

wind
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n. /wind/

movement, current of air

1) an adverse; balmy, gentle, light; biting, cold, cutting, icy; brisk, heavy, high, stiff, strong; fair, favorable; gale-force; gusty; head; raw; tail; trade wind

2) the prevailing winds

3) the wind blows; falls, subsides; howls; picks up

4) a blast, gust of wind

5) a down; up wind

6) (misc.) as free as the wind

knowledge

7) to get wind of smt.

breath

8) to catch, get one's second wind

9) out of wind

misc.

10) to break wind ('to expel rectal gas'); in the wind ('imminent'); to take the wind out of smb.'s sails ('to deflate smb.'); to see how the wind blows ('to see what is likely to happen'); to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

II

v. /waynd/

1) (d; tr.) to wind around, round (she wound the string around her finger)

2) (P; intr.) the procession wound through the town

3) (misc.) to wind smb. around one's little finger ('to manipulate smb.')

* * *
[waɪnd]
balmy
biting
brisk
falls
gale-force
get one's second wind
gust of wind
gusty
heavy
howls
icy
picks up
strong
subsides
to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
trade wind
up wind
in the wind ('imminent')
to take the wind out of smb. 's sails ('to deflate smb. ')
to see how the wind blows ('to see what is likely to happen')
round (she wound the string around her finger)
(P; intr.) the procession wound through the town
(d; tr.) to wind around
(misc.) as free as the wind
/wind/
['breath'] to catch
['knowledge'] to get wind of smt.
['movement,currentofair'] an adverse
a blast
a down
out of wind
the prevailing winds
the wind blows
['misc. '] to break wind ('to expel rectal gas')
(misc.) to wind smb. around one's little finger ('to manipulate smb. ')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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