Wind(n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Wind(n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Wind(n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
Wind(n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Wind(n.) Power of respiration; breath.
Wind(n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
Wind(n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
Wind(n.) 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.
Wind(n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Wind(n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Wind(n.) The dotterel.
Wind(v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
Wind(v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
Wind(v. i.) 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.
Wind(v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
Wind(v. t.) 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.
Wind(v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Wind(v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
Wind(v. t.) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
Wind(v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
Wind(v. t.) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
Wind(v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
Wind(v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
Wind(v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
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Winding(a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Winding(n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
Winding(n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
Winding(n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
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Windingly(adv.) In a winding manner.
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