wind
- Noun. (context, countable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Noun. (context, countable) The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath.
- Noun. (India, and) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
- Noun. (context, uncountable) Flatus.
- Verb. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- Verb. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
- Verb. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
- Verb. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
- Verb. (transitive) To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
- Verb. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
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