wind

wind is a 4-letter English word with 39 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 39 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
2. transitive verb. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
3. transitive verb. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
4. transitive verb. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
5. transitive verb. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
6. intransitive verb. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
7. intransitive verb. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
8. intransitive verb. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
9. noun. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
10. noun. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
11. noun. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
12. noun. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
13. noun. Power of respiration; breath.
14. noun. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
15. noun. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
16. noun. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
17. noun. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
18. noun. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
19. noun. The dotterel.
20. transitive verb. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
21. transitive verb. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
22. transitive verb. To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
23. transitive verb. To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
24. transitive verb. To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
25. noun. the act of winding or twisting

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

    Synonyms: twist, winding

26. noun. breath

    "the collision knocked the wind out of him"

27. noun. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

    Synonyms: fart, farting, flatus

28. noun. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
29. noun. an indication of potential opportunity

    "he got a tip on the stock market"

    "a good lead for a job"

    Synonyms: hint, lead, steer, tip

30. noun. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

    "that's a lot of wind"

    "don't give me any of that jazz"

    Synonyms: jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness

31. noun. a tendency or force that influences events

    "the winds of change"

32. noun. 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"

33. verb. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

    "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

    Synonyms: hoist, lift

34. verb. form into a wreath

    Synonyms: wreathe

35. verb. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

    "wind your watch"

36. verb. arrange or or coil around

    "roll your hair around your finger"

    "Twine the thread around the spool"

    Synonyms: roll, twine, wrap

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

    "the river winds through the hills"

    "the path meanders through the vineyards"

    Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave

38. verb. catch the scent of; get wind of

    "The dog nosed out the drugs"

    Synonyms: nose, scent

39. verb. extend in curves and turns

    "The road winds around the lake"

    "the path twisted through the forest"

    Synonyms: curve, twist

Synonyms

twist, winding, fart, farting, flatus, hint, lead, steer, tip, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, hoist, lift, wreathe, roll, twine, wrap, meander, thread, wander, weave, nose

Common word forms

winds, winded, winder, winding, windable, windless

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