wind¹

A2 Topic:Aviation & Flight

US /ˈwɪnd/ UK /ˈwɪnd/ See IPA manual

moving air; breath

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Homographs: wind² /waɪnd/ — turn, coil; follow a twisting path

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

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

The trees bent under the fierce wind.
2

noun
The air you breathe; your breath.

The fall knocked the wind out of him.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · air moving naturally across... air current

Word family

Forms windedwindlesswinds

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Phrases (8)

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cold wind
wind that carries a noticeably low temperature

Adjective + noun
strong wind
wind blowing with considerable force

Adjective + noun
catch the wind
to capture or be propelled by the wind, especially in sailing

Verb + noun
biting wind
a sharply cold wind that feels painful on exposed skin

Adjective + noun
brave the wind
to endure strong or unpleasant wind in order to do something

Verb + noun
northwest wind
wind blowing from the northwest

Noun + noun

Idioms (3)

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Tongue twisters (1)

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Windmills and the Millwheel
To the windmills said the millwheel: “As the wind wills do you still wheel?” “Yes, we still wheel when the wind wills!” To the millwheel said the windmills.

Wind here means moving air and rhymes with pinned. Contrast the vowel in will with the longer vowel in wheel, keeping the final /l/ in both.

Etymology

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”).

Topics

Aviation & Flight Weather & Climate

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