wind

/wɪnd/ verbnoun
4 letters1 syllable8 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS15
VERB
1

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.

2

Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem.

“wind your watch”

3

Catch the scent of; get wind of.

4

Form into a wreath.

5

Arrange or or coil around.

6

To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.

“the river winds through the hills”

7

Extend in curves and turns.

“The road winds around the lake”

NOUN
1

A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath.

2

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”

3

An indication of potential opportunity.

4

A tendency or force that influences events.

“the winds of change”

5

Breath.

“the collision knocked the wind out of him”

6

A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus.

7

Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.

“that's a lot of wind”

8

The act of winding or twisting.

“he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind”

WORD FORMS
Related formwindy
Related formwinder
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®9 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinindway
Starts & ends withW … D
Syllableswind
SYNONYMS & RELATED36
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