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wind
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(wĭnd)wind 2
(wīnd)wind 3
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(waɪnd)wind1
(n. wɪnd, Literary waɪnd; v. wɪnd)n.
wind2
(waɪnd)v. wound (waʊnd) or (Rare) wind•ed (ˌwaɪn dɪd) wind•ing; v.i.
wind3
(waɪnd, wɪnd)v.t. wind•ed or wound (waʊnd) wind•ing.
WInd or W.Ind.,
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(wĭnd)Wind
2. a sultry southeast wind in the same regions.
3. a hot, oppressive wind of cyclonic origin, as in Kansas.
Wind
wind instruments in an orchestra; their players collectively, 1876.Wind
See Also: WEATHER
- Breeze [after a very hot day] … as torrid as the air from an oven —Ellen Glasgow
- The breeze flowed down on me, passing like a light hand —Louise Erdrich
- The breeze … sent little waves curling like lazy whips along the shingle [of a house] —John Fowles
- A breeze which came like a breath —Paul Horgan
- A draft … struck through his drenched clothes like ice cold needles —Cornell Woolrich
- A gathering wind sent the willows tossing like a jungle of buggy whips —William Styron
- High wind … like invisible icicles —Rebecca West
- Level winds as flat as ribbons —M. J. Farrell
- A northeaster roared down on us like a herd of drunken whales —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- A northeast wind which cut like a thousand razors —Frank Swinnerton
See Also: PAIN
- A sandy wind blowing rough as an elephant —Truman Capote
- The sound of wind is like a flame —Yvor Winters
- The sunless evening wind slid down the mountain like an invisible river —Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- The night wind rushed like a thief along the streets —Brian Moore
- There came a wind like a bugle —Emily Dickinson
This is both title and first line of a poem.
- The warm spring wind fluttered against his face like an old kiss —Michael Malone
- Wind … beat like a fist against his face —Vicki Baum
- The wind blew gusts of wind into his face that were much like a shower-bath —Honore de Balzac
- The wind blew him like a sail up against a lifeboat —F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Wind … blowing down from a flat black sky like painted cardboard —Marge Piercy
- Wind … driving the dry snow along with it like a mist of powdered diamonds —Henry Van Dyke
- The wind drove against him like a granite cliff —Edith Wharton
- Wind … dry and faint, like the breath of some old woman —Joe Coomer
- Wind … dry and fresh as ice —Frank Ross
- The wind filled his shirt like a white sail —Yitzhak Shenhar
- The wind flicked about a little like the tail of a horse that’s trying to decide what sort of mood it’s in tonight —Douglas Adams
- The wind howls like a chained beast in pain —Delmore Schwartz
- The wind howls like air inside a shell —Tracy Daugherty
- The wind is like a dog that runs away —Wallace Stevens
- The wind is like a hand on my forehead, in caress —John Hall Wheelock
- Wind like a hungry coyote’s cry —Patricia Henley
- Wind like a perfumed woman in heat —Clive Irving
- The wind like a razor —Miles Gibson
- The wind like a saw-edged knife —Paul J. Wellman
- The wind [in autumn] moves like a cripple among the leaves —Wallace Stevens
- The wind plunged like a hawk from the swollen clouds —Ellen Glasgow
- (The gray winter) wind prowling like a hungry wolf just beyond the windows —George Garrett
- The wind ran in the street like a thin dog —Katherine Mansfield
- Wind ringing in their ears like well-known old songs —Hans Christian Andersen
- The wind rose out of the depth below them, sounding as if it were pushing boulders uphill —Martin Cruz Smith
- Wind … rustling the … child’s hair like grass —Marguerite Duras
- The wind screamed like a huge, injured thing —Scott Spencer
- Wind … surges into your ear like breath coming and going —Philip Levine
- The wind swept the snow aside, ever faster and thicker, as if it were trying to catch up with something —Boris Pasternak
- The wind whistled … like a pack of coyotes —Paige Mitchell
- A wind will … knock like a rifle-butt against the door —Wallace Stevens
The comparison appears in Stevens’ poem, The Auroras of Autumn. The full line from which the rifle-butt comparison is taken includes “A wind will spread its windy grandeurs round and …”
wind
Wind can be a noun or a verb.
The wind /wɪnd/ is a current of air moving across the earth's surface.
The verb wind /waɪnd/ has a completely different meaning. If a road or river winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends.
The past tense and -ed participle of this verb is wound, pronounced /waʊnd/.
You can also wind /waɪnd/ something around something else. For example, you can wind a wire around a stick. This means that you wrap the wire around the stick several times.
When you wind /waɪnd/ something such as a watch or a clock, you turn a knob or handle several times in order to make it operate.
Wound can also be pronounced /wuːnd/. When it is pronounced like this, it is a noun or a verb, and it has a completely different meaning. A wound is damage to a part of your body, caused by a weapon.
If someone wounds you, they damage your body using a weapon.
wind
(current of air)Past participle: winded
Gerund: winding
| Imperative |
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| wind |
| wind |
| Present |
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| I wind |
| you wind |
| he/she/it winds |
| we wind |
| you wind |
| they wind |
| Preterite |
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| I winded |
| you winded |
| he/she/it winded |
| we winded |
| you winded |
| they winded |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am winding |
| you are winding |
| he/she/it is winding |
| we are winding |
| you are winding |
| they are winding |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have winded |
| you have winded |
| he/she/it has winded |
| we have winded |
| you have winded |
| they have winded |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was winding |
| you were winding |
| he/she/it was winding |
| we were winding |
| you were winding |
| they were winding |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had winded |
| you had winded |
| he/she/it had winded |
| we had winded |
| you had winded |
| they had winded |
| Future |
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| I will wind |
| you will wind |
| he/she/it will wind |
| we will wind |
| you will wind |
| they will wind |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have winded |
| you will have winded |
| he/she/it will have winded |
| we will have winded |
| you will have winded |
| they will have winded |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be winding |
| you will be winding |
| he/she/it will be winding |
| we will be winding |
| you will be winding |
| they will be winding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been winding |
| you have been winding |
| he/she/it has been winding |
| we have been winding |
| you have been winding |
| they have been winding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been winding |
| you will have been winding |
| he/she/it will have been winding |
| we will have been winding |
| you will have been winding |
| they will have been winding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been winding |
| you had been winding |
| he/she/it had been winding |
| we had been winding |
| you had been winding |
| they had been winding |
| Conditional |
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| I would wind |
| you would wind |
| he/she/it would wind |
| we would wind |
| you would wind |
| they would wind |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have winded |
| you would have winded |
| he/she/it would have winded |
| we would have winded |
| you would have winded |
| they would have winded |
wind
(coil or twist)Past participle: wound
Gerund: winding
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| wind |
| wind |
| Present |
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| I wind |
| you wind |
| he/she/it winds |
| we wind |
| you wind |
| they wind |
| Preterite |
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| I wound |
| you wound |
| he/she/it wound |
| we wound |
| you wound |
| they wound |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am winding |
| you are winding |
| he/she/it is winding |
| we are winding |
| you are winding |
| they are winding |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have wound |
| you have wound |
| he/she/it has wound |
| we have wound |
| you have wound |
| they have wound |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was winding |
| you were winding |
| he/she/it was winding |
| we were winding |
| you were winding |
| they were winding |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had wound |
| you had wound |
| he/she/it had wound |
| we had wound |
| you had wound |
| they had wound |
| Future |
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| I will wind |
| you will wind |
| he/she/it will wind |
| we will wind |
| you will wind |
| they will wind |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have wound |
| you will have wound |
| he/she/it will have wound |
| we will have wound |
| you will have wound |
| they will have wound |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be winding |
| you will be winding |
| he/she/it will be winding |
| we will be winding |
| you will be winding |
| they will be winding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been winding |
| you have been winding |
| he/she/it has been winding |
| we have been winding |
| you have been winding |
| they have been winding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been winding |
| you will have been winding |
| he/she/it will have been winding |
| we will have been winding |
| you will have been winding |
| they will have been winding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been winding |
| you had been winding |
| he/she/it had been winding |
| we had been winding |
| you had been winding |
| they had been winding |
| Conditional |
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| I would wind |
| you would wind |
| he/she/it would wind |
| we would wind |
| you would wind |
| they would wind |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have wound |
| you would have wound |
| he/she/it would have wound |
| we would have wound |
| you would have wound |
| they would have wound |
wind
(blow bugle etc.)Past participle: winded/wound
Gerund: winding
| Imperative |
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| wind |
| wind |
| Present |
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| I wind |
| you wind |
| he/she/it winds |
| we wind |
| you wind |
| they wind |
| Preterite |
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| I winded/wound |
| you winded/wound |
| he/she/it winded/wound |
| we winded/wound |
| you winded/wound |
| they winded/wound |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am winding |
| you are winding |
| he/she/it is winding |
| we are winding |
| you are winding |
| they are winding |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have winded/wound |
| you have winded/wound |
| he/she/it has winded/wound |
| we have winded/wound |
| you have winded/wound |
| they have winded/wound |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was winding |
| you were winding |
| he/she/it was winding |
| we were winding |
| you were winding |
| they were winding |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had winded/wound |
| you had winded/wound |
| he/she/it had winded/wound |
| we had winded/wound |
| you had winded/wound |
| they had winded/wound |
| Future |
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| I will wind |
| you will wind |
| he/she/it will wind |
| we will wind |
| you will wind |
| they will wind |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have winded/wound |
| you will have winded/wound |
| he/she/it will have winded/wound |
| we will have winded/wound |
| you will have winded/wound |
| they will have winded/wound |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be winding |
| you will be winding |
| he/she/it will be winding |
| we will be winding |
| you will be winding |
| they will be winding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been winding |
| you have been winding |
| he/she/it has been winding |
| we have been winding |
| you have been winding |
| they have been winding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been winding |
| you will have been winding |
| he/she/it will have been winding |
| we will have been winding |
| you will have been winding |
| they will have been winding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been winding |
| you had been winding |
| he/she/it had been winding |
| we had been winding |
| you had been winding |
| they had been winding |
| Conditional |
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| I would wind |
| you would wind |
| he/she/it would wind |
| we would wind |
| you would wind |
| they would wind |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have winded/wound |
| you would have winded/wound |
| he/she/it would have winded/wound |
| we would have winded/wound |
| you would have winded/wound |
| they would have winded/wound |
wind
1"It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good"
Winds
| Wind | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| berg wind | South Africa | |||
| bise | Switzerland | |||
| bora | Adriatic Sea | |||
| buran or bura | central Asia | |||
| Cape doctor | Cape Town, South Africa | |||
| chinook | Washington & Oregon coasts | |||
| föhn or foehn | N slopes of the Alps | |||
| harmattan | W African coast | |||
| khamsin, kamseen or kamsin | Egypt | |||
| levanter | W Mediterranean | |||
| libeccio or libecchio | Corsica | |||
| meltemi or etesian wind | NE Mediterranean | |||
| mistral | S France to Mediterranean | |||
| monsoon | S Asia | |||
| nor'wester | Southern Alps, New Zealand | |||
| pampero | S America | |||
| simoom or simoon | Arabia & N Africa | |||
| sirocco | N Africa to S Europe | |||
| tramontane or tramontana | W coast of Italy | Wind force | Beaufort number | Speed (kph) |
| Calm | 0 | less than 1 | ||
| Light air | 1 | 1-5 | ||
| Light breeze | 2 | 6-11 | ||
| Gentle breeze | 3 | 12-19 | ||
| Moderate breeze | 4 | 20-28 | ||
| Fresh | 5 | 29-38 | ||
| Strong | 6 | 39-49 | ||
| Near gale | 7 | 50-61 | ||
| Gale | 8 | 62-74 | ||
| Strong gale | 9 | 75-88 | ||
| Storm | 10 | 89-102 | ||
| Violent storm | 11 | 103-117 | ||
| Hurricane | 12 | 118 and over |
wind
2wind 1
nounverbwind 2
verbwind up
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1 [wɪnd]which way is the wind blowing? → ¿de dónde sopla el viento?
against the wind → contra el viento
to run before the wind (Naut) → navegar viento en popa
high wind → viento fuerte
into the wind → contra el viento
to see which way the wind blows → esperar para ver por dónde van los tiros
winds of change → aires mpl de cambio, aires mpl nuevos
to get wind of sth → enterarse de algo
to get the wind up → preocuparse
to have the wind up → estar preocupado
there's something in the wind → algo se está cociendo
to put the wind up sb (Brit) → dar un susto a algn
it really put the wind up me → me dio un susto de los buenos
to take the wind out of sb's sails → cortar las alas a algn
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good → no hay mal que por bien no venga
see also sail A1
to break wind → ventosear
to bring up wind [baby] → eructar
to wind a baby → hacer eructar a un niño
to be winded by a ball → quedar sin aliento por el golpe de un balón
to be winded after a race → quedar sin aliento después de una carrera
wind cone N = windsock wind energy N = wind power wind farm N → parque m eólico
wind instrument N → instrumento m de viento
wind machine N → máquina f de viento
wind power N → energía f eólica or del viento
wind tunnel N → túnel m aerodinámico or de pruebas aerodinámicas
wind turbine N → aerogenerador m
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2 [waɪnd] (wound (pt, pp)) [waʊnd]the rope wound itself round a branch → la cuerda se enrolló en or alrededor de una rama
with a rope wound tightly round his waist → con una cuerda que le ceñía estrechamente la cintura
to wind wool into a ball → ovillar lana, hacer un ovillo de lana
wind this round your head → envuélvete la cabeza con esto, líate esto a la cabeza
to wind one's arms round sb → rodear a algn con los brazos, abrazar a algn estrechamente
the road winds up the valley → el camino serpentea por el valle
the car wound slowly up the hill → el coche subió lentamente la sinuosa colina
give the handle another wind → dale otra vuelta a la manivela
he wound up his speech by saying that → terminó su discurso diciendo que ...
wind
1 [ˈwɪnd]There was a strong wind → Il y avait beaucoup de vent.
The wind was blowing → Le vent soufflait.
a gust of wind → une rafale de vent
into the wind → contre le vent
She suffered from wind → Elle avait des vents.
to break wind → lâcher des vents
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2 [ˈwaɪnd] [wound] (pt, pp)to wind sth around sth [+ rope, bandage] → enrouler qch autour de qch
to wind up with sth → se retrouver avec qch
He wound up with no job and no girlfriend → Il s'est retrouvé sans travail et sans petite amie.
to wind up in jail → se retrouver en prison
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2 vb: pret, ptp <wound>wind
1 [wɪnd]high wind → vento forte
the wind is in the west → il vento viene da ponente
into or against the wind → controvento
to go like the wind → filare come il vento
to run before the wind (Naut) → andare con il vento in poppa
there's something in the wind (fig) → c'è qualcosa nell'aria
to get wind of sth → venire a sapere qc
to get or have the wind up (fam) → agitarsi
to take the wind out of sb's sails → smontare qn, spegnere l'entusiasmo di qn
to sail close to the wind (fig) → spingere le cose troppo in là (act almost illegally) → rasentare l'illegalità (risk causing offence) → rischiare di offendere
to throw caution to the winds → gettare la prudenza alle ortiche
to break wind → fare aria (fam) to bring up wind (baby) → fare il ruttino
to get one's wind back or one's second wind → riprendere fiato
to be short of wind → essere senza fiato
to wind a baby → far fare il ruttino a un bambino
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2 [waɪnd] (wound (pt, pp))to wind sb up (fig) (fam) (annoy) → far venire i nervi a or innervosire qn (kid, trick) → prendere in giro qn
we wound up in Rome → siamo finiti a Roma