Definitions for winds

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winds wind

Spelling: [noun wind, Literary wahynd; verb wind]

IPA: /noun wɪnd, Literary waɪnd; verb wɪnd/

Winds is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in winds (dinsw).

Definitions for winds

noun

1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
2. a gale; storm; hurricane.
3. any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.
4. air that is blown or forced to produce a musical sound in singing or playing an instrument.
5. wind instrument.
6. wind instruments collectively.
7. the winds, the members of an orchestra or band who play the wind instruments.
8. breath or breathing:
9. the power of breathing freely, as during continued exertion.
10. any influential force or trend:
11. a hint or intimation:
12. air carrying an animal's odor or scent.
13. solar wind.
14. empty talk; mere words.
15. vanity; conceitedness.
16. gas generated in the stomach and intestines.
17. Boxing Slang. the pit of the stomach where a blow may cause a temporary shortness of breath; solar plexus.
18. any direction of the compass.
19. a state of unconcern, recklessness, or abandon:
20. the act of winding.
21. a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound:
22. a twist producing an uneven surface.

Idioms

1. between wind and water, (of a ship) at or near the water line. in a vulnerable or precarious spot:
2. break wind, to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus.
3. how the wind blows / lies, what the tendency or probability is: Also, which way the wind blows.
4. in the teeth of the wind, sailing directly into the wind; against the wind. Also, in the eye of the wind, in the wind's eye.
5. in the wind, about to occur; imminent; impending:
6. off the wind, away from the wind; with the wind at one's back. (of a sailing vessel) headed into the wind with sails shaking or aback.
7. on the wind, as close as possible to the wind. Also, on a wind.
8. sail close to the wind, Also, sail close on a wind. to sail as nearly as possible in the direction from which the wind is blowing. to practice economy in the management of one's affairs. to verge on a breach of propriety or decency. to escape (punishment, detection, etc.) by a narrow margin; take a risk.
9. take the wind out of one's sails, to surprise someone, especially with unpleasant news; stun; shock; flabbergast:
10. out of wind, (of boards, plasterwork, etc.) flat and true.

Verb phrases

1. wind down, to lessen in intensity so as to bring or come to a gradual end: to calm down; relax:
2. wind up, to bring to a state of great tension; excite (usually used in the past participle): to bring or come to an end; conclude: to settle or arrange in order to conclude: to become ultimately: Baseball. (of a pitcher) to execute a windup.

verb (used with object)

1. to expose to wind or air.
2. to follow by the scent.
3. to make short of wind or breath, as by vigorous exercise.
4. to let recover breath, as by resting after exertion.
5. to encircle or wreathe, as with something twined, wrapped, or placed about.
6. to roll or coil (thread, string, etc.) into a ball, on a spool, or the like (often followed by up).
7. to remove or take off by unwinding (usually followed by off or from):
8. to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something.
9. to make (a mechanism) operational by tightening the mainspring with a key (often followed by up):
10. to haul or hoist by means of a winch, windlass, or the like (often followed by up).
11. to make (one's or its way) in a bending or curving course:
12. to make (one's or its way) by indirect, stealthy, or devious procedure:
13. to blow (a horn, a blast, etc.).
14. to sound by blowing.
15. to signal or direct by blasts of the horn or the like.

verb (used without object)

1. to catch the scent or odor of game.
2. to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander:
3. to have a circular or spiral course or direction.
4. to coil or twine about something:
5. to proceed circuitously or indirectly.
6. to undergo winding or winding up.
7. to be twisted or warped, as a board.

Origin of winds

before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch, German Wind, Old Norse vindr, Gothic winds, Latin ventus

Examples for winds

Increasingly, as these industries develop, on-site solar and wind is a way of guaranteeing a lower price for electricity.

The spirit of the strong man was moved, and he trembled like a leaf shaken by the wind.

It faded soon into a gray fog, with puffs of wind from the southwest again.

But the upper edges are ragged, torn by a wind not yet felt below.

As combat operations in Afghanistan wind down, so too does the main driver of NATO defense cooperation.

One and all, they come shaking their tin cups at election time then run like the wind when a critical vote comes up.

The wind was strong from the westward, accompanied with light showers all day.

For instance: suppose the Republicans wind up with a clear Senate majority on November 4th.

The distant sound of a church-clock is borne faintly on the wind.

But then they saw which way the post-Citizens United wind was blowing and became anti-disclosure.