wind

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Air moving naturally across the land, sometimes with great force.

   The trees bent under the fierce wind.

2. 2
   verb

   To follow a twisting, curving path.

   The river winds through the hills.

3. 3
   verb

   To turn a key or handle to tighten the spring of a clock or similar device.

   Don't forget to wind your watch before bed.

4. 4
   noun

   The air you breathe; your breath.

   The fall knocked the wind out of him.

Common collocations

• cold wind Adjective + noun
• strong wind Adjective + noun
• catch the wind Verb + noun
• wind a watch Verb + noun
• biting wind Adjective + noun
• brave the wind Verb + noun

From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian, Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German, German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourg…

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