English-Thai Dictionary
wind
N การคุย โว การ คุยโม้ โอ้อวด kan-kuai-wo
wind
N ลม กระแสลม air breeze lom
wind
N ลมหายใจ lom-hai-jai
wind
N เครื่องดนตรี ประเภท เป่า krueng-don-tre-praped-pao
wind
VI คดเคี้ยว ลดเลี้ยว kod-kiao
wind
VI พัน ขด โค้ง coil curl twine pan
wind
VI ได้กลิ่น (คน หรือ สิ่งของ scent smell sniff dai-kin
wind
VT คดเคี้ยว ลดเลี้ยว kod-kiao
wind
VT ทำให้ ไม่ สามารถ หายใจ เอา อากาศ เข้า ได้ พอ tam-hai-mai-sa-mad-hai-jai-aol-ar-kad-kao-pa
wind
VT ปล่อย ให้ ม้า พัก (หลังจาก ออกแรง ploi-hai-ma-pak
wind
VT พัน ขด โค้ง coil curl twine pan
wind
VT ได้กลิ่น (คน หรือ สิ่งของ scent smell sniff dai-kin
wind back
PHRV กรอ กลับ หมุน กลับ run back wind on kro-kab
wind chest
N หีบ ลม ของ หีบเพลง hib-lom-kong-hib-plang
wind chest
N หีบ ลม ที่อยู่ ใน หีบเพลง hib-lo-ti-yu-nai-hib-plang
wind cone
N ถุงลม รูปกรวย ติด ปลาย ด้าน หนึ่ง ไว้ กับ เสา เหมือน ธง เพื่อ แสดง ทิศทาง ลม windsock tung-lom-tid-kuai-tid-pai-dan-nuang-wai-kab-sao
wind down
PHRV หมุน ให้ ต่ำ ลง ทำให้ ต่ำ ลง muan-hai-tam-long
wind egg
N ไข่ลม kai-lom
wind in
PHRV หมุน เข้า พัน เข้า muna-kao
wind instrument
N เครื่องดนตรี ประเภท เป่า krueng-don-tre-pra-ped-pao
wind into
PHRV พัน (บางสิ่ง ให้ กลม ห่อ ม้วน pan-hai-klom
wind off
PHRV พัน ออก หมุน ออก pan-ook
wind on
PHRV หมุนรอบ พัน รอบ muan-rob
wind sock
N ถุงลม แสดง ทิศทาง ลม tung-lom-sa-dang-tid-tang-lom
wind through
PHRV คดเคี้ยว ผ่าน kod-kiao-pan
wind tunnel
N ท่อ หรือ ช่อง สำหรับ ใส่ ลม เข้า เพื่อ วัด กำลัง และ ทิศทาง ลม ของ เครื่องบิน หรือ รถยนต์ ti-rue-chong-sam-rab-sai-lom-kao
wind up
PHRV หมุน ขึ้น muan-kuan
wind-borne
ADJ ซึ่ง กระจัดกระจาย ด้วย ลม ซึ่ง พัดพา ไป ด้วย ลม sueng-kra-jad-kra-jai-duai-lom
wind-broken
A ที่ หายใจ หอบ ที่ เป็นโรค เกี่ยวกับ ระบบ หายใจ ของ ม้า
wind-chill factor
N ผลกระทบ ที่เกิด จาก ความ หนาวเย็น และ แรง ปะทะ ของ ลม pon-kra-tob-ti-koed-jak-kwam-nao-yen
wind-up merchant
SL คนที่ ช่าง หยอกเย้า ผู้อื่น คนที่ ชอบ แกล้ง kon-ti-chang-yok-yao
windage
N กำลัง ลม ใน การต้าน ขีปนาวุธ องศา ปรับ ศูนย์ เล็ง ปืน
windbag
N คน คุยโว ที่ พูด แต่ เรื่อง น่าเบื่อ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ คน คุยโม้ ที่ พูด แต่ เรื่อง น่าเบื่อ blowhard boaster braggart kon-kui-wo-ti-phud-tea-ruang-na-buea
windbag
N ถุงลม ใน เครื่องดนตรี ประเภท เป่า (ทาง ดนตรี tung-lo-nai-don-tre-pra-ped-pao
windbag
SL คนพูดมาก คน คุยโม้ โอ้อวด kon-phud-mak
windbound
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ สามารถ เล่น เรือ ไป ได้ เพราะ ทวน ลม sueng-mai-sa-mad-len-ruea-pai-dai-prow-tuan-lom
windbreak
N สิ่ง ที่ กำบัง ลม แนว ต้นไม้ หรือ กำแพง สำหรับ กัน ลม sing-ti-kam-bang-lom
windburn
N อาการ ผิวหนัง อักเสบ เนื่องจาก ถูก ลมแรง ar-kan-pil-nang-ak-seb-nuang-jak-tuk-lom
windchest
N หีบ ลม ของ หีบเพลง hib-lom-kong-hib-plang
winded
ADJ ซึ่ง หายใจ หอบ ซึ่ง หอบ หายใจ sueng-hai-jai-hob
winder
N ขั้นบันได วน kan-ba-dai-won
winder
N ผู้พัน ผู้ ม้วน phu-pan
winder
N เครื่อง ม้วน ด้าย เครื่อง พัน ด้าย bobbin spool krueng-muan-dai
windfall
N สิ่ง ดีๆ ที่ ได้มา ที่ คาดไม่ถึง เงิน ที่ ได้มา อย่าง ไม่คาดฝัน godsend manna sing-de-de-ti-dai-ma-mai-ti-kad-mai-tung
windflower
N พืช พวก Anemone
windgall
N ภาวะ ที่เกิด การ ขยาย ออก ของ ถุง หุ้ม ข้อต่อ ที่ ข้อเท้า ม้า
windhover
N นก เหยี่ยว พวก Falco tinnunculus
windily
ADV อย่าง มี ลมแรง โดย มี ลมแรง yang-me-lom-rang
windiness
N การ มี ลมแรง kan-me-lom-rang
winding
ADJ ซึ่ง พัน รอบ ซึ่ง เป็น ขด ซึ่ง เป็น ม้วน flexuous tortuous sueng-pan-rob
winding
N การ พัน การ ม้วน kan-pan
windingly
ADV อย่าง เป็น ม้วน อย่าง เป็น ขด yang-pen-muan
windjammer
N เรือใบ ลำ ใหญ่ เรือใบ ขนาดใหญ่ ruea-bai-ram-yai
windlass
N เครื่อง กว้าน เครื่อง ยก หรือ ดึง ของ หนัก krueng-kwan
windless
ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี ลม breathless sueng-mai-me-lom
windlestraw
N ฟาง คนที่ มี รูปร่าง สูง และ ผอม
windmill
N กังหันลม กังหัน rotating wheel post mill kang-han-lom
windmill
VI หมุน (ใน ลักษณะ เดียว กับ กังหันลม muan
windmill
VT หมุน (ใน ลักษณะ เดียว กับ กังหันลม muan
window
N หน้าต่าง oriel casement dormer na-tang
window
N หน้าต่าง กระจก ด้านหน้า ของ ร้าน สำหรับ โชว์ สินค้า na-tang-ka-jok-dan-na-kong-ran
window box
N กระถางต้นไม้ ที่ เป็น กล่อง แคบๆ ที่ วาง ไว้ ข้าง หน้าต่าง kra-tang-ton-mai-ti-pen-klong-kab
window dresser
N ผู้ ตก แต่งหน้า ร้าน phu-tok-tang-na-ran
window dressing
N การ ตกแต่ง กระจก ด้านหน้า ของ ร้าน สำหรับ โชว์ สินค้า kan-tok-tang-kra-jok-dan-na-kong-ran-wai-chao-kong
window envelope
N ซองจดหมาย ที่ มี กรอบ กระดาษ ใส ด้านหน้า เพื่อให้ เห็น ชื่อ และ ที่อยู่ ของ ผู้รับ จดหมาย song-jod-mai-ti-me-kob-kra-dad-sai
window frame
N กรอบ หน้าต่าง sash krob-na-tang
window licker
SL คนที่ ทำตัว แปลก (มัก ใช้กับ คน ที่นั่ง ข้างๆ บน รถเมล์ kon-ti-tam-tua-plak
window screen
N มุ้งลวด mung-luad
window seat
N ที่นั่ง ติด หน้าต่าง (เช่น ใน รถประจำทาง รถไฟ เครื่องบิน ที่นั่ง ริม หน้าต่าง ti-nang-tid-na-tang
window-shop
VI เดิน ดู สินค้า ตาม ตู้ โชว์ หรือ หน้าต่าง โชว์ สินค้า โดย ไม่ได้ ซื้อ doen-du-sin-ka-tam-tu-chao-rue-na-ran
window-shopping
IDM นิสัย ของ การ ชอบ เดิน ดู สินค้า แต่ ไม่ ซื้อ ni-sai-kong-kan-chob-doen-du-sin-ka-tea-mai-sue
windowpane
N กระจก หน้าต่าง pane window kra-jok-na-tang
windowsill
N ขอบ หน้าต่าง ส่วนล่าง kob-na-tang-suan-lang
windpipe
N หลอดลม trachea lod-lom
windrow
N แนว กอง ฟาง (ที่ ผึ่งลม ให้ แห้ง ก่อน นำ ไป มัด nao-kong-fang
windscreen
N ที่ บัง ลม ที่ กัน ลม ti-bang-lom
windshield
N กระจก บัง ลม windscreen kra-jok-bang-lom
windsock
N ถุงลม รูปกรวย ติด ปลาย ด้าน หนึ่ง ไว้ กับ เสา เหมือน ธง เพื่อ แสดง ทิศทาง ลม wind cone tung-lom-rub-kuai-tid-plai-dan-nuang-wai-kab-sao
windstorm
N ลมพายุ พายุ ที่ มี แต่ ลม ไม่มี ฝน lom-pai
windsurfing
N กีฬา วิน ด์ เซิร์ฟ ki-la-win-sof
windtight
A ที่ ไม่ ระบาย ลม
windup
N การ สรุป การ สิ้นสุด การ จบสิ้น closing conclusion end beginning start kan-sa-rub
windward
ADJ ซึ่ง หัน เข้าหา ลม ซึ่ง ต้านลม sueng-han-kao-ha-lom
windward
ADV หัน เข้าหา ลม ต้านลม han-kao-ha-lom
windy
ADJ ซึ่ง มี ลมแรง sueng-me-lom-rang
windy
ADJ พูด เยิ่นเย้อ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ พูด น้ำท่วม ทุ่ง garrulous phud-yoen-yor
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WIND
n.[L., G. The primary sense is to move, flow, rush or drive along. ] 1. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air. When the air moves moderately, we call it a light wind, or a breeze; when with more velocity, we call it a fresh breeze, and when with violence, we call it a gale, storm or tempest. The word gale is used by the poets for a moderate breeze, but seamen use it as equivalent to storm. Winds are denominated from the point of compass from which they blow; as a north wind; an east wind; a south wind; a west wind; a southwest wind, etc.
2. The four winds, the cardinal points of the heavens.
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. Ezekiel 37:9.
This sense of the word seems to have had its origin with the orientals, as it was the practice of the Hebrews to give to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind.
3. Direction of the wind from other points of the compass than the cardinal, or any point of compass; as a compass of eight winds.
4. Breath; power of respiration.
If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent.
5. Air in motion form any force or action; as the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
6. Breath modulated by the organs or by an instrument.
Their instruments were various in their kind, some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
7. Air impregnated with scent.
A pack of dog-fish had him in the wind.
8. Any thing insignificant or light as wind.
Think not with wind or airy threats to awe.
9. Flatulence; air generated in the stomach and bowels; as, to be troubled with wind.
1 . The name given to a disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Down the wind, decaying; declining; in a state of decay; as, he went down the wind. [Not used. ]
To take or have the wind, or to get wind, to be divulged; to become public. The story got wind, or took wind.
In the winds eye, in seamens language, towards the direct point from which the wind blows.
Between wind and water, denoting that part of a ships side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the waters surface.
To carry the wind, in the manege, is when a horse tosses his nose as high as his ears.
Constant or perennial wind, a wind that blows constantly from one point of the compass; as the trade wind of the tropics.
Shifting, variable or erratic winds, are such as are changeable, now blowing from one point and now from another, and then ceasing altogether.
Stated or periodical wind, a wind that constantly returns at a certain time, and blows steadily from one point for a certain time. Such are the monsoons in India, and land and sea breezes.
Trade wind, a wind that blows constantly from one point, such as the tropical wind in the Atlantic.
WINDAGE
n.The difference between the diameter of a piece and that of a ball or shell.
WINDBOUND
a.[wind and bound. ] Prevented from sailing by a contrary wind.
WIND-DROPSY
n.[wind and dropsy. ] A swelling of the belly from wind in the intestines; tympauites.
WIND-EGG
n.[wind and egg. ] An addle egg.
WINDER
v.t.To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Local. ]
WINDER-MEB
n.A bird of the genus Larus, or gull-kind.
WINDFALL
n.[wind and fall. ] 1. Fruit blown off the tree by wind.
2. An unexpected legacy.
WIND-FALLEN
a.Blown down by the wind.
WIND-FLOWER
n.[wind and flower. ] A plant, the anemone.
WIND-FURNACE
n.[wind and furnace. ] A furnace in which the air is supplied by an artificial current, as from a bellows.
WIND-GAGE
n.[wind and gage. ] A soft tumor on the fetlock joints of a horse.
WIND-GUN
n.An air gun; a gun discharged by the force of compressed air.
WIND-HATCH
n.[wind and hatch. ] In mining, the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth.
WIND-HOVER
n.[wind and hover. ] A species of hawk; called also the stannel, but more usually the kestrel.
WINDINESS
n.[from windey.] 1. The state of being windy or tempestuous; as the windiness of the weather or season.
2. Fullness of wind; flatulence.
3. Tendency to generate wind; as the windiness of vegetables.
4. Tumor; puffiness.
The swelling windiness of much knowledge.
WIND-INSTRUMENT
n.An instrument of music, played by wind, chiefly by the breath; as a flute, a clarinet, etc.
WINDLAS, WINDLASS
n.[wind and lace. ] 1. A machine for raising great weights, consisting of a cylinder or roller of timber, moving on its axis and turned by levers, with a rope or chain attached to the weight.
2. A handle by which any thing is turned. [Not in use. ]
WINDLE
n.A spindle; a kind of reel.
WIND-MILL
n.[wind and mill. ] A mill turned by the wind.
WINDPIPE
n.[wind and pipe. ] The passage for the breath to and from the lungs; the trachea.
WIND-PUMP
n.[wind and pump. ] A pump moved by wind, useful in draining lands.
WIND-RODE
n.A term used by seamen to signify a ship when riding with wind and tide opposed to each other, driven to the leeward of her anchor.
WINDROW
n.[wind and row. ] 1. A row or line of hay, raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps. [This is the only use of the word in New England. ]
2. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it.
3. A row of peats set up for drying; or a row of pieces of turf, sod or sward, cut in paring and burning.
WIND-SAIL
n.[wind and sail. ] A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air into the lower apartments of a ship.
WINDSEED
n.A plant of the genus Arctolis.
WIND-SHOCK
n.[wind and shock. ] A sort of bruise or shiver in a tree.
WIND-TIGHT
a.[wind and tight. ] So tight as to prevent the passing of wind.
WINDWARD
n.[wind and ward. ] The point from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward.
WINDWARD
a.[wind and ward. ] Being on the side towards the point from which the wind blows; as the windward shrouds.
WINDWARD
adv. Towards the wind.
WINDY
a. 1. Consisting of wind; as a windy tempest.
2. Next the wind; as the windy side.
3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as windy weather.
4. Puffy; flatulent; abounding with wind.
5. Empty; airy; as windy joy.
WIND
v.t.pret. and pp. wound. [G.] 1. To blow; to sound by blowing or inflation.
Wind the shrill horn.
2. To turn; to move, or cause to turn.
To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.
3. To turn round some fixed object; to bind, or to form into a ball or coil by turning; as, to wind thread on a spool; to wind thread into a ball; to wind a rope into a coil.
4. To introduce by insinuation. The child winds himself into my affections.
They have little arts and dexterities to wind in such things into discourse.
5. To change; to vary.
Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
6. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
7. [With I short, as in win. ] To nose; to perceive or to follow by the scent; as, hounds wind an animal.
8. To ventilate; to expose to the wind; to winnow.
To wind off, [with I long. ] To unwind.
To wind out, to extricate.
To wind up,
1. To bring to a small compass, as a ball of thread.
2. To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up ones affairs.
3. To put in a state of renovated or continued motion.
Fate seemd to wind him up for fourscore years.
To wind up a clock, is to wind the cord by which the weights are suspended, round an axis or pin.
To wind up a watch, is to wind the spring round its axis or pin.
4. To raise by degrees.
Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch--
5. To straiten, as a string; to put in tune.
6. To put in order for regular action.
WIND
v.i. 1. To turn; to change.
So swift your judgments turn and wind.
2. To turn around something; as, vines wind around a pole.
3. To have a circular direction; as winding stairs.
4. To crook; to bend. The road winds in various places.
5. To move round; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
To wind out, to be extricated; to escape.
Long labring underneath, ere they could wind out of such prison.
WINDER
n.One who winds.
WINDING
ppr. 1. Turning; binding about; bending.
2. a. Bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface.
WINDING
n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; flexure; meander; as the windings of a road or stream.
2. A call by the boastswains whistle.
WINDING-ENGINE
n.An engine employed in mining, to draw up buckets from a deep pit.
WINDING-SHEET
n.[winding and sheet. ] A sheet in which a corpse is wrapped.
WINDING-TACKLE
n.[winding and tackle. ] A tackle consisting of one fixed triple block, and one double or triple movable block.
WINDOW
n.[G. The vulgar pronunciation is windor, as if from the Welsh gwyntdor, wind-door.] 1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light, and of air when necessary. This opening has a frame on the sides, in which are set movable sashes, containing panes of glass. In the United Sates, the sashes are made to rise and fall, for the admission or exclusion of air. In France, windows are shut with frames or sashes that open and shut vertically, like the leaves of a folding door.
2. An aperture or opening.
A window shalt thou make to the ark. Genesis 6:16.
3. The frame or other thing that covers the aperture.
Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes.
4. An aperture; or rather the clouds or water-spouts.
The windows of heaven were opened. Genesis 7:11.
5. Lattice or casement; or the network of wire used before the invention of glass. Judges 5:28.
6. Lines crossing each other.
Till he has windows on his bread and butter.
WINDOW
v.t. 1. To furnish with windows.
2. To place at a window. [Unusual. ]
3. To break into openings. [Unusual. ]
WINDOW-BLIND
n.[window and blind. ] A blind to intercept the light of a window. Venetian window-blinds are now much used in the United States.
WINDOW-FRAME
n.[window and frame. ] The frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes.
WINDOW-GLASS
n.[window and glass. ] Panes of glass for windows.
WINDOW-SASH
n.[window and sash. ] The sash or light frame in which panes of glass are set for windows.
WINDOWY
a.Having little crossings like the sashes of a window.
WINDGED-PEA
n.A plant.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WIND
Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound ) (rarely Winded ); p. pr. & vb. n. Winding. ] Etym: [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp. ). Cf. Wander, Wend. ]
1. 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. Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor. Milton.
2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle. Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. Shak.
3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. "To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus. " Shak. In his terms so he would him wind. Chaucer. Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind all other witnesses. Herrick. Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure. Addison.
4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. You have contrived. .. to wind Yourself into a power tyrannical. Shak. Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. Gov. of Tongue.
5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine. To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil. -- To wind out, to extricate. [Obs. ] Clarendon. -- To wind up. (a ) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of thread; to coil completely. (b ) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up one's affairs; to wind up an argument. (c ) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a clock, a watch, etc. , by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for continued movement or action; to put in order anew. "Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years. " Dryden. "Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch. " Atterbury. (d ) To tighten (the strings ) of a musical instrument, so as to tune it. "Wind up the slackened strings of thy lute. " Waller.
WIND
WIND Wind, v. i.
1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole. So swift your judgments turn and wind. Dryden.
2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees. And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. Thomson.He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which. .. winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs. Sir W. Scott.
3. 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. The lowing herd wind Gray. To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape. Long struggling underneath are they could wind Out of such prison. Milton.
WIND
WIND Wind, n.
Defn: The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
WIND
Wind (wînd, in poetry and singing often wind; 277 ), n. Etym: [AS. wind; akin to OS. , OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. vata (cf. Gr. 'ah `ths a blast, gale, 'ah ^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind ); originally a p. pr. from the verb seen in Skr. va to blow, akin to AS. wawan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. waen, wajen, Goth. waian. sq. root131. Cf. Air, Ventail, Ventilate, Window, Winnow. ]
1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to good. Tusser . Winds were soft, and woods were green. Longfellow.
2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. Dryden.
4. Power of respiration; breath. If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent. Shak.
5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent. A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. Swift.
7. 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. Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. Ezek. xxxvii. 9.
Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind.
8. (Far. )
Defn: A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. Milton.
1 . (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dotterel. [Prov. Eng. ]
Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words. All in the wind. (Naut. ) See under All, n. -- Before the wind. (Naut. ) See under Before. -- Between wind and water (Naut. ), in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous ) the vulnerable part or point of anything. -- Cardinal winds. See under Cardinal, a. -- Down the wind. (a ) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as, birds fly swiftly down the wind. (b ) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs. ] "He went down the wind still. "L'Estrange. -- In the wind's eye (Naut. ), directly toward the point from which the wind blows. -- Three sheets in the wind, unsteady from drink. [Sailors' Slang ] -- To be in the wind, to be suggested or expected; to be a matter of suspicion or surmise. [Colloq. ] -- To carry the wind (Man. ), to toss the nose as high as the ears, as a horse. -- To raise the wind, to procure money. [Colloq. ] -- To take, or have, the wind, to gain or have the advantage. Bacon. -- To take the wind out of one's sails, to cause one to stop, or lose way, as when a vessel intercepts the wind of another. [Colloq. ] -- To take wind, or To get wind, to be divulged; to become public; as, the story got wind, or took wind. -- Wind band (Mus. ), a band of wind instruments; a military band; the wind instruments of an orchestra. -- Wind chest (Mus. ), a chest or reservoir of wind in an organ. -- Wind dropsy. (Med. ) (a ) Tympanites. (b ) Emphysema of the subcutaneous areolar tissue. -- Wind egg, an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg. -- Wind furnace. See the Note under Furnace. -- Wind gauge. See under Gauge. -- Wind gun. Same as Air gun. -- Wind hatch (Mining ), the opening or place where the ore is taken out of the earth. -- Wind instrument (Mus. ), an instrument of music sounded by means of wind, especially by means of the breath, as a flute, a clarinet, etc. -- Wind pump, a pump moved by a windmill. -- Wind rose, a table of the points of the compass, giving the states of the barometer, etc. , connected with winds from the different directions. -- Wind sail. (a ) (Naut. ) A wide tube or funnel of canvas, used to convey a stream of air for ventilation into the lower compartments of a vessel. (b ) The sail or vane of a windmill. -- Wind shake, a crack or incoherence in timber produced by violent winds while the timber was growing. -- Wind shock, a wind shake. -- Wind side, the side next the wind; the windward side. [R.] Mrs. Browning. -- Wind rush (Zoöl.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng. ] -- Wind wheel, a motor consisting of a wheel moved by wind. -- Wood wind (Mus. ), the flutes and reed instruments of an orchestra, collectively.
WIND
Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding. ]
1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
3. (a ) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. (b ) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. To wind a ship (Naut. ), to turn it end for end, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
WIND
Wind, v. t. Etym: [From Wind, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn. ] [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound ), R. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding. ]
Defn: To blow; to sound by blowing; esp. , to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their horns." Pennant. Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, ... Wind the shrill horn. Pope. That blast was winded by the king. Sir W. Scott.
WINDAGE
Wind "age, n. Etym: [From Wind air in motion. ]
1. (Gun. )
Defn: The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
WINDAS
WINDAS Wind "as, n.
Defn: See 3d Windlass. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
WINDBORE
WINDBORE Wind "bore `, n.
Defn: The lower, or bottom, pipe in a lift of pumps in a mine. Ansted.
WINDBOUND
WINDBOUND Wind "bound `, a. (Naut. )
Defn: prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See Weatherbound.
WIND-BREAK
WIND-BREAK Wind "-break `, v. t.
Defn: To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. [R.] 'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.
WIND-BREAK
WIND-BREAK Wind "-break `, n.
Defn: A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. [Local, U. S.]
WIND-BROKEN
WIND-BROKEN Wind "-bro `ken, a.
Defn: Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse. Youatt.
WINDER
Wind "er, n. Etym: [From Wind to turn. ]
1. One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
2. An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc. , on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
3. (Arch. )
Defn: One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.
WINDER
Wind "er, v. t. & i. Etym: [Prov. E. winder a fan, and to winnow. Winnow. ]
Defn: To fan; to clean grain with a fan. [Prov. Eng. ]
WINDER
WINDER Wind "er, n.
Defn: A blow taking away the breath. [Slang ]
WINDER
WINDER Wind "er, v. i.
Defn: To wither; to fail. [Obs. ] Holland.
WINDFALL
WINDFALL Wind "fall `, n.
1. Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc. "They became a windfall upon the sudden. " Bacon.
2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain. He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.
WINDFALLEN
WINDFALLEN Wind "fall `en, a.
Defn: Blown down by the wind.
WIND-FERTILIZED
WIND-FERTILIZED Wind "-fer `ti *lized, a. (Bot. )
Defn: Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
WINDFLOWER
WINDFLOWER Wind "flow `er, n. (Bot. )
Defn: The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
WINDGALL
WINDGALL Wind "gall `, n. (Far. )
Defn: A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
WINDHOVER
Wind "hov `er, n. Etym: [From its habit of hovering over one spot. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: The kestrel; -- called also windbibber, windcuffer, windfanner. [Prov. Eng. ]
WINDINESS
WINDINESS Wind "i *ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.
2. Fullness of wind; flatulence.
3. Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence; as, the windiness of vegetables.
4. Tumor; puffiness. The swelling windiness of much knowledge. Brerewood.
WINDING
Wind "ing, n. Etym: [From Wind to blow. ] (Naut. )
Defn: A call by the boatswain's whistle.
WINDING
Wind "ing, a. Etym: [From Wind to twist. ]
Defn: Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. Keble.
WINDING
WINDING Wind "ing, n.
Defn: A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton.
Defn: 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 engine, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. -- Winding sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. -- Winding tackle (Naut. ), a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. Totten.
WINDINGLY
WINDINGLY Wind "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In a winding manner.
WINDJAMMER
WINDJAMMER Wind "jam `mer, n.
1. (Naut. ) A sailing vessel or one of its crew; -- orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. [Colloq. ]
2. An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument. [Slang ]
WINDLACE
WINDLACE Wind "lace, n. & v.
Defn: See Windlass. [Obs. ] Two arblasts,... with windlaces and quarrels. Sir W. Scott.
WINDLASS
WINDLASS Wind "lass, n.Etym: [Perhaps from wind to turn + lace. ]
Defn: A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
WINDLASS
WINDLASS Wind "lass, v. i.
Defn: To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means. [Obs. ] Hammond.
WINDLASS
Wind "lass, n. Etym: [OE. windelas, windas, Icel. vindilass, vindas,fr. vinda to wind + ass a pole; cf. Goth. ans a beam. See Wind to turn. ]
1. A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam.
2. An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow. [Obs. ] Shak. Chinese windlass. See Differential windlass, under Differential.
WINDLASS
WINDLASS Wind "lass, v. t. & i.
Defn: To raise with, or as with, a windlass; to use a windlass. The Century.
WINDLE
Win "dle, n. Etym: [From Wind to turn. ]
1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The redwing. [Prov. Eng. ]
WINDLESS
WINDLESS Wind "less, a.
1. Having no wind; calm.
2. Wanting wind; out of breath.
WINDLESTRAE; WINDLESTRAW
WINDLESTRAE; WINDLESTRAW Win "dle *strae `, Win "dle *straw `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Shelley.
WINDMILL
WINDMILL Wind "mill `, n.
Defn: A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer.
WINDORE
Win "dore, n. Etym: [A corrupt. of window; or perh. coined on the wrong assumption that window is from wind + door. ]
Defn: A window. [Obs. ] Hudibras.
WINDOW
Win "dow, n. Etym: [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. Wind, n., and Eye. ]
1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure. I leaped from the window of the citadel. Shak. Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. Milton.
2. (Arch. )
Defn: The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.] Till he has windows on his bread and butter. King.
French window (Arch. ), a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor; -- called also French casement. -- Window back (Arch. ), the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below. -- Window blind, a blind or shade for a window. -- Window bole, part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. [Scot. ] -- Window box, one of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash. -- Window frame, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. -- Window glass, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. -- Window martin (Zoöl.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng. ] - - Window oyster (Zoöl.), a marine bivalve shell (Placuna placenta ) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. -- Window pane. (a ) (Arch. ) See Pane, n., 3 (b ). (b ) (Zoöl.) See Windowpane, in the Vocabulary. -- Window sash, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. -- Window seat, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See Window stool, under Stool. -- Window shade, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. -- Window shell (Zoöl.), the window oyster. -- Window shutter, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. -- Window sill (Arch. ), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. -- Window swallow (Zoöl.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng. ]-- Window tax, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng. ]
WINDOW
Win "dow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Windowing. ]
1. To furnish with windows.
2. To place at or in a window. [R.] Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His corrigible neck Shak.
WINDOWED
WINDOWED Win "dowed, a.
Defn: Having windows or openings. [R.] "Looped and windowed raggedness. " Shak.
WINDOWLESS
WINDOWLESS Win "dow *less, a.
Defn: Destitute of a window. Carlyle.
WINDOWPANE
WINDOWPANE Win "dow *pane `, n.
1. (Arch. )
Defn: See Pane, n., (3 ) b. [In this sense, written also window pane. ]
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A thin, spotted American turbot (Pleuronectes maculatus ) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder.
WINDOWY
WINDOWY Win "dow *y, a.
Defn: Having little crossings or openings like the sashes of a window. [R.] Donne.
WINDPIPE
WINDPIPE Wind "pipe `, n. (Anat. )
Defn: The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung.
WIND-PLANT
WIND-PLANT Wind "-plant `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A windflower.
WIND-RODE
WIND-RODE Wind "-rode `, a. (Naut. )
Defn: Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.
WINDROW
Wind "row `, n. Etym: [Wind + row. ]
1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng. ]
3. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. [Eng. ]
WINDROW
Wind "row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Windrowing.]
Defn: To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.
WIND-SHAKEN
WIND-SHAKEN Wind "-shak `en, a.
Defn: Shaken by the wind; specif. (Forestry ),
Defn: affected by wind shake, or anemosis (which see, above ).
WIND SIGNAL
WIND SIGNAL Wind signal.
Defn: In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force are dangerous to shipping, etc. The wind-signal system of the United States Weather Bureau consists of storm, information, hurricane, hot wind, and inland storm signals.
WINDSOR
WINDSOR Wind "sor, n.
Defn: A town in Berkshire, England. Windsor bean. (Bot. ) See under Bean. -- Windsor chair, a kind of strong, plain, polished, wooden chair. Simmonds. -- Windsor soap, a scented soap well known for its excellence.
WINDSTORM
WINDSTORM Wind "storm, n.
Defn: A storm characterized by high wind with little or no rain.
WIND-SUCKER
WIND-SUCKER Wind "-suck `er, n.
1. (Far. ) A horse given to wind-sucking Law.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The kestrel. B. Jonson.
WIND-SUCKING
WIND-SUCKING Wind "-suck `ing, n. (Far. )
Defn: A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4.
WINDTIGHT
WINDTIGHT Wind "tight `, a.
Defn: So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
WIND-UP
WIND-UP Wind "-up `, n.
Defn: Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.
WINDWARD
WINDWARD Wind "ward, n.
Defn: The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to Ant: leeward. To lay an anchor to the windward, a figurative expression, signifying to adopt precautionary or anticipatory measures for success or security.
WINDWARD
WINDWARD Wind "ward, a.
Defn: Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
WINDWARD
WINDWARD Wind "ward, adv.
Defn: Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
WINDY
Wind "y, a. [Compar. Windier; superl. Windiest.] Etym: [AS. windig. ]
1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill. " M. Arnold. Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. Shak.
2. Next the wind; windward. It keeps on the windy side of care. Shak.
3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A windy colic. " Arbuthnot.
6. Fig. : Empty; airy. "Windy joy. " Milton. Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored. South.
New American Oxford Dictionary
wind
wind 1 ▶noun |wind wɪnd | 1 the perceptible natural movement of the air, esp. in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction: the wind howled about the building | an easterly wind | gusts of wind. • [ as modifier ] relating to or denoting energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines. • used to suggest something very fast, unrestrained, or changeable: run like the wind | she could be as free and easy as the wind. • used in reference to an influence or tendency that cannot be resisted: a wind of change. • used in reference to an impending situation: he had seen which way the wind was blowing. • the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body. • a scent carried by the wind, indicating the presence or proximity of an animal or person. 2 breath as needed in physical exertion or in speech. • the power of breathing without difficulty while running or making a similar continuous effort: he waited while Jerry got his wind back. See also second wind. 3 empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric. • air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion. 4 air or breath used for sounding an organ or a wind instrument. • (also winds ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] wind instruments, or specifically woodwind instruments, forming a band or a section of an orchestra: concerto for piano, violin, and thirteen winds | [ as modifier ] : wind players. ▶verb |wind wɪnd | [ with obj. ] 1 cause (someone ) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach: the fall nearly winded him. 2 detect the presence of (a person or animal ) by scent: the birds could not have seen us or winded us. 3 |wīnd wʌɪnd | ( past and past participle winded |ˈwīndid | or wound |wound | ) literary sound (a bugle or call ) by blowing: but scarce again his horn he wound. PHRASES before the wind Sailing with the wind blowing more or less from astern. get wind of informal begin to suspect that (something ) is happening; hear a rumor of: Marty got wind of a plot being hatched. [referring originally to the scent of game in hunting. ] it's an ill wind that blows no good proverb few things are so bad that no one profits from them. off the wind Sailing with the wind on either quarter. on a wind Sailing against a wind on either bow. put (or have ) the wind up Brit. informal alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened ): he was trying to put the wind up him with stories of how hard teaching was. sail close to (or near ) the wind 1 Sailing sail as nearly against the wind as possible while still making headway. 2 informal verge on indecency, dishonesty, or disaster. take the wind out of someone's sails frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark. to the wind ( s ) (or the four winds ) in all directions: my little flock scatters to the four winds. • so as to be abandoned or neglected: I threw my friends' advice to the winds. [from ‘And fear of death deliver to the winds ’ (Milton's Paradise Lost ).]DERIVATIVES wind less adjective ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wind and German Wind, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ventus.
wind
wind 2 |wīnd wʌɪnd | ▶verb ( past and past participle wound |wound | ) 1 [ no obj. ] move in or take a twisting or spiral course: the path wound among olive trees. 2 [ with obj. ] pass (something ) around a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold: he wound a towel around his midriff. • repeatedly twist or coil (a length of something ) around itself or a core: Anne wound the wool into a ball. • [ no obj. ] be twisted or coiled in such a way: large vines wound around every tree. • wrap or surround (a core ) with a coiled length of something: devices wound with copper wire. 3 [ with obj. ] make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork ) operate by turning a key or handle: he wound up the clock every Saturday night | she was winding the gramophone. • turn (a key or handle ) repeatedly around and around: I wound the handle as fast as I could. • cause (an audio or videotape or a film ) to move back or forward to a desired point: wind your tape back and listen to make sure everything is okay. • hoist or draw (something ) with a windlass, winch, or similar device. ▶noun |waɪnd | 1 a twist or turn in a course. 2 a single turn made when winding. PHRASAL VERBS wind down (of a mechanism, esp. one operated by clockwork ) gradually lose power. • informal (of a person ) relax after stress or excitement. • (also wind something down ) draw or bring gradually to a close: business began to wind down as people awaited the new regime. wind up informal 1 arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place: Kevin winds up in New York. 2 another way of saying wind something up: he wound up by attacking Nonconformists. 3 Baseball (of a pitcher ) use the windup delivery. wind someone up 1 (usu. be wound up ) make tense or angry: he was clearly wound up and frantic about his daughter. 2 Brit. informal tease or irritate someone: she's only winding me up. wind something up 1 arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company: the company has since been wound up. 2 gradually or finally bring an activity to a conclusion: the experiments had to be wound up because the funding stopped. 3 informal increase the tension, intensity, or power of something: he wound up the engine. ORIGIN Old English windan ‘go rapidly, ’ ‘twine, ’ of Germanic origin; related to wander and wend .
windage
wind age |ˈwindij ˈwɪndɪʤ | ▶noun the air resistance of a moving object, such as a vessel or a rotating machine part, or the force of the wind on a stationary object. • the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet.
Windaus, Adolf
Win daus, Adolf |ˈvinˌdous ˈvɪndaʊs | (1876 –1959 ), German organic chemist. He did pioneering work on the chemistry and structure of steroids and their derivatives, notably cholesterol. He also investigated the D vitamins and vitamin B 1 and discovered histamine. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1928 ).
windbag
wind bag |ˈwindˌbag ˈwɪn (d )ˌbæɡ | ▶noun informal, derogatory a person who talks at length but says little of value. DERIVATIVES wind bag ger y |-ərē |noun
wind band
wind band |wind ˈwɪnd ˌbænd | ▶noun a group of musicians playing mainly woodwind instruments.
windblown
wind blown |ˈwindblōn ˈwɪndbloʊn | ▶adjective carried or driven by the wind: windblown sand | windblown pollution. • exposed to or affected by the wind: the coastline is rugged and windblown | her windblown hair.
wind-borne
wind-borne ▶adjective carried by the wind: wind-borne paper bags and candy wrappers caught on a fence.
windbound
wind bound |ˈwindˌbound ˈwɪndbaʊnd | ▶adjective (of a sailing ship ) unable to sail because of extreme or contrary winds.
windbreak
wind break |ˈwindˌbrāk ˈwɪn (d )ˌbreɪk | ▶noun a thing, such as a row of trees or a fence, wall, or screen, that provides shelter or protection from the wind.
windbreaker
wind break er |ˈwindˌbrākər ˈwɪndbreɪkər | ▶noun trademark a wind-resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
windburn
wind burn |ˈwindˌbərn ˈwɪndbərn | ▶noun reddening and soreness of the skin caused by prolonged exposure to the wind. DERIVATIVES wind burned (also chiefly Brit. windburnt ) adjective
Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave Na tion al Park |wind ˌwɪnd ˌkeɪv ˌnæʃnəl ˈpɑrk | a preserve in the Black Hills of South Dakota, noted for its caves and wildlife.
windcheater
wind |cheat ¦er |ˈwɪn (d )tʃiːtə | ▶noun Brit. a wind-resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
windchest
wind |chest |wɪndtʃɛst | ▶noun a chest or box in an organ which receives wind from the bellows and admits it to the pipes or reeds.
windchill
wind chill |ˈwin (d )ˌCHil ˈwɪn (d )ˌtʃɪl |(also windchill factor or chill factor ) ▶noun a quantity expressing the effective lowering of the air temperature caused by the wind, esp. as affecting the rate of heat loss from an object or human body or as perceived by an exposed person.
wind chimes
wind chimes |wind ˈwɪn (d ) ˌtʃaɪmz | ▶plural noun a decorative arrangement of small pieces of glass, metal, or shell suspended from a frame, typically hung near a door or window so as make a tinkling sound in the breeze.
wind-down
wind-down |ˈwʌɪnddaʊn | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a gradual lessening of activity, intensity, or scale as something comes to an end: the wind-down of space exploration.
winded
winded |ˈwɪndɪd | ▶adjective having difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach. she wasn't really hurt, just winded.
wind energy
wind en ¦ergy ▶noun [ mass noun ] electrical energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines.
winder
wind er |ˈwīndər ˈwaɪndər | ▶noun a device or mechanism used to wind something, esp. something such as a watch or clock or the film in a camera.
Windermere
Win der mere |ˈwində (r )ˌmi (ə )r ˈwɪndərmɪər | a lake in northwestern England, in the southeastern part of the Lake District. About 10 miles (17 km ) in length, it is the largest lake in England.
windfall
wind fall |ˈwindˌfôl ˈwɪn (d )ˌfɔl | ▶noun an apple or other fruit blown down from a tree or bush by the wind. • a piece of unexpected good fortune, typically one that involves receiving a large amount of money: [ as modifier ] : windfall profits.
windfall profits tax
wind fall prof its tax (also windfall tax ) ▶noun a tax levied on an unforeseen or unexpectedly large profit, esp. one regarded to be excessive or unfairly obtained.
wind farm
wind farm |wind ˈwɪndfɑːrm | ▶noun an area of land with a group of energy-producing windmills or wind turbines.
windflower
wind flow er |ˈwindˌflou (-ə )r ˈwɪndflaʊər | ▶noun an anemone.
windgall
wind gall |ˈwindˌgôl ˈwɪndɡɔl | ▶noun a small painless swelling just above the fetlock of a horse, caused by inflammation of the tendon sheath.
wind gap
wind gap |wind ˈwɪnd ˌɡæp | ▶noun a valley cut through a ridge by erosion by a river that no longer follows a course through the valley.
wind gauge
wind gauge |wind wɪnd ɡeɪʤ | ▶noun an anemometer. • an apparatus attached to the sights of a gun enabling allowance to be made for the wind in shooting.
wind harp
wind harp |wind ˈwɪnd ˌhɑrp | ▶noun another term for aeolian harp.
Windhoek
Wind hoek |ˈvintˌho͝ok, ˈwind- ˈwɪndhʊk | the capital of Namibia, in the center of the country; pop. 314,000 (est. 2007 ).
windhover
wind hov er |ˈwindˌhəvər ˈwɪndhəvər | ▶noun Brit. dialect a kestrel.
Windies
Win ¦dies |ˈwɪndɪz | ▶plural noun informal West Indians, especially the West Indian cricket team.
windigo
win di go |ˈwindiˌgō ˈwɪndɪɡoʊ |(also wendigo ) ▶noun ( pl. windigos or windigoes ) (in the folklore of some northern Algonquian peoples ) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh. ORIGIN from Ojibwa.
winding
wind ing |ˈwīndiNG ˈwaɪndɪŋ | ▶noun a twisting movement or course: the windings of the stream. • an electrical conductor that is wound around a magnetic material, esp. one encircling part of the stator or rotor of an electric motor or generator or forming part of a transformer. • a thing that winds or is wound around something. ▶adjective following a twisting or spiral course: our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase.
winding engine
wind |ing en ¦gine ▶noun a powered winch or similar machine used for hauling or hoisting heavy loads.
winding sheet
wind ing sheet |ˈwīndiNG ˈwaɪndɪŋʃiːt | ▶noun a sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; a shroud.
wind instrument
wind in stru ment |wind ˈwɪnd ˌɪnstrəmənt | ▶noun a musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of air, typically by the player blowing into the instrument. • a woodwind instrument as distinct from a brass instrument.
windjammer
wind jam mer |ˈwindˌjamər ˈwɪndˌʤæmər | ▶noun historical a merchant sailing ship.
windlass
wind lass |ˈwindləs ˈwɪn (d )ləs | ▶noun a type of winch used esp. on ships to hoist anchors and haul on mooring lines and, esp. formerly, to lower buckets into and hoist them up from wells. ▶verb [ with obj. ] haul or lift (something ) with a windlass. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole. ’
wind load
wind load |wind ˈwɪnd ˌloʊd |(also wind loading ) ▶noun Engineering the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it.
wind machine
wind ma chine |wind ˈwɪn (d ) məˌʃin | ▶noun a machine used in the theater or in filmmaking for producing a blast of air or imitating the sound of wind. • a wind-driven turbine for producing electricity.
windmill
wind mill |ˈwindˌmil ˈwɪn (d )ˌmil | ▶noun a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour. • a similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water. • Brit. a pinwheel. ▶verb (with reference to a person's arms ) move or be moved around in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill. • [ no obj. ] (of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself ) spin unpowered. PHRASES tilt at windmills see tilt.
window
win dow |ˈwindō ˈwɪndoʊ | ▶noun 1 an opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle that is fitted with glass or other transparent material in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out. • a pane of glass filling such an opening: thieves smashed a window and took $600. • an opening in a wall or screen through which customers are served in a bank, ticket office, or similar building. • a space on the inside of a store's window where goods are displayed for sale: I prefer the red dress that's in the window | [ as modifier ] : beautiful window displays. 2 a thing resembling such an opening in form or function, in particular: • a transparent panel on an envelope to show an address. • Computing a framed area on a display screen for viewing information. • (window on /into /to ) a means of observing and learning about: television is a window on the world. • Physics a range of electromagnetic wavelengths for which a medium (esp. the atmosphere ) is transparent. 3 an interval or opportunity for action: February 15 to March 15 should be the final window for new offers. • an interval during which atmospheric and astronomical circumstances are suitable for the launch of a spacecraft. 4 strips of metal foil or metal filings dispersed in the air to obstruct radar detection. [military code word. ] PHRASES go out the window informal (of a plan or pattern or behavior ) no longer exist; disappear. window of opportunity a favorable opportunity for doing something that must be seized immediately if it is not to be missed. window of vulnerability an opportunity to attack something that is at risk (esp. as a Cold War claim that America's land-based missiles were easy targets for a Soviet first strike ). windows of the soul organs of sense, esp. the eyes. DERIVATIVES win dow less adjective window ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind ’ + auga ‘eye. ’
window box
win dow box |ˈwɪndoʊ ˌbɑks | ▶noun a long narrow box in which flowers and other plants are grown, placed on an outside windowsill.
window cleaner
win dow clean er |ˈwɪndoʊ ˌklinər | ▶noun a substance used for cleaning windows. • a person employed to clean windows; a window washer.
window dressing
win dow dress ing |ˈwɪndoʊ ˌdrɛsɪŋ | ▶noun the arrangement of an attractive display in a shop window. • an adroit but superficial or actually misleading presentation of something, designed to create a favorable impression: the government's effort has amounted to little more than window dressing.
windowed
win dowed |ˈwindōd ˈwɪndoʊd | ▶adjective 1 having a window or windows for admitting light or air: [ in combination ] : a row of bay-windowed houses. 2 Computing having or using framed areas on a display screen for viewing information.
window frame
win dow frame ▶noun a supporting frame for the glass of a window.
windowing
win dow ing |ˈwindō -iNG ˈwɪndoʊɪŋ | ▶noun Computing the use of windows for the simultaneous display of more than one item on a screen.
window ledge
win dow ledge |ˈwɪndoʊ ˌlɛʤ | ▶noun another term for windowsill.
windowpane
win dow pane |ˈwindōˌpān ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn | ▶noun 1 a pane of glass in a window. 2 a broad flatfish with numerous dark spots, found in the western Atlantic. Also called sand dab. [Scophthalmus aquosus, family Scophthalmidae (or Bothidae ).]
Window Rock
Win dow Rock a community in northeastern Arizona, capital of the Navajo reservation, named for a limestone formation; pop. 3,059 (2000 ).
Windows
Win dows |ˈwindōz ˈwɪndoʊz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] trademark a computer operating system with a graphical user interface.
window seat
win dow seat ▶noun a seat below a window, esp. one in a bay or alcove. • a seat next to a window in an aircraft, train, or other vehicle.
window-shop
win dow-shop ▶verb [ no obj. ] look at the goods displayed in shop windows, esp. without intending to buy anything: (as noun window-shopping ) : window-shopping is the favorite pastime of all New Yorkers. DERIVATIVES win dow-shop per noun
windowsill
win dow sill |ˈwindōˌsil ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl |(also window sill ) ▶noun a ledge or sill forming the bottom part of a window.
window tax
win ¦dow tax |ˈwɪndəʊtaks | ▶noun Brit. historical a tax on windows or similar openings, abolished in 1851.
window treatment
win dow treat ment ▶noun interior decoration for a window or window frame.
window washer
win dow wash er ▶noun a person employed to clean windows.
windpack
wind pack |ˈwindˌpak ˈwɪndpæk | ▶noun snow that has been compacted by the wind.
windpipe
wind pipe |ˈwindˌpīp ˈwɪn (d )ˌpaɪp | ▶noun the air passage from the throat to the lungs; the trachea.
wind power
wind pow er ▶noun power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind.
windproof
wind |proof |ˈwɪn (d )pruːf | ▶adjective (of a garment or fabric ) giving protection from the wind.
Wind River Range
Wind Riv er Range |wind ˌwɪnd ˌrɪvər ˈreɪnʤ | a range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming that rises to 13,804 feet (4,207 m ) at Gannett Peak, the highest in the state.
wind rock
wind rock ▶noun [ mass noun ] damage to the roots of young plants, caused by the movement of the stem in the wind.
wind rose
wind rose |wind ˈwɪnd ˌroʊz | ▶noun a diagram showing the relative frequency of wind directions at a place.
windrow
wind row |ˈwindˌrō ˈwɪndroʊ | ▶noun a long line of raked hay or sheaves of grain laid out to dry in the wind. • a long line of material heaped up by the wind or by a machine.
Windrush
Windrush ▶adjective relating to or denoting the people who emigrated from the Caribbean to Britain on the British ship the Empire Windrush in 1948: the Windrush generation.
windsail
wind sail |ˈwindˌsāl ˈwɪndseɪl | ▶noun historical a long wide tube or funnel of sailcloth used to convey air to the lower parts of a ship.
wind scorpion
wind scor pi on |wind ˈwɪnd ˌskɔrpiən | ▶noun another term for sun spider.
windscreen
wind screen |ˈwindˌskrēn ˈwɪn (d )ˌskrin | ▶noun British term for windshield.
wind shear
wind shear |wind ˈwɪn (d ) ˌʃɪ (ə )r | ▶noun variation in wind velocity occurring along a direction at right angles to the wind's direction and tending to exert a turning force.
windshield
wind shield |ˈwin (d )ˌSHēld ˈwɪn (d )ˌʃild | ▶noun a window at the front of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
windshield wiper
wind shield wip er |ˈwɪndʃiːldwaɪpə (r ) |(Brit. windscreen wiper ) ▶noun a motor-driven device for keeping a windshield clear of rain, typically one with a rubber blade on an arm that moves in an arc.
windslab
wind slab |ˈwindˌslab ˈwɪndslæb | ▶noun a thick crust formed on the surface of soft snow by the wind, of a kind liable to slip and create an avalanche.
windsock
wind sock |ˈwindˌsäk ˈwɪn (d )ˌsɑk | ▶noun a light, flexible cylinder or cone mounted on a mast to show the direction and strength of the wind, esp. at an airfield.
Windsor
Wind sor 1 |ˈwinzər ˈwɪnzər | 1 a town in southern England, on the Thames River, opposite Eton; pop. 31,800 (est. 2009 ). 2 an industrial city and port in Ontario, southern Canada, on Lake Ontario, opposite the US city of Detroit; pop. 216,473 (2006 ). 3 |ˈwin (d )zər ˈwɪnzər |a commercial and residential town in north central Connecticut, north of Hartford; pop. 28,851 (est. 2008 ).
Windsor
Wind sor 2 |ˈwɪnzər ˈwinzər | the name of the British royal family since 1917. Previously Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, it was changed in response to anti-German feeling in World War I.
Windsor, Duke of
Wind sor, Duke of the title conferred on Britain's Edward VIII upon his abdication in 1936.
Windsor Castle
Wind sor Cas tle |wɪnzər | a royal residence at Windsor, founded by William the Conqueror on the site of an earlier fortress and extended by his successors, particularly Edward III. The castle was severely damaged by fire in 1992.
Windsor chair
Wind sor chair ▶noun a wooden dining chair with a semicircular back supported by upright rods.
Windsor knot
Wind sor knot |wɪnzərˈnɑːt | ▶noun a large, loose triangular knot in a necktie, produced by making extra turns when tying.
Windsor tie
Wind sor tie ▶noun dated a wide silk bias-cut necktie, tied in a loose double knot.
wind sprint
wind sprint |wind ˈwɪnd ˌsprɪnt | ▶noun Sports a form of exercise consisting of repeated alternation between a walk or slow run and a faster run.
windstorm
wind storm |ˈwindˌstôrm ˈwɪn (d )ˌstɔrm | ▶noun a storm with very strong wind but little or no rain or snow; a gale.
wind-sucking
wind-suck ing |wind ˈwɪnd ˌsəkɪŋ | ▶noun (in a horse ) habitual behavior involving repeated arching of the neck and sucking in and swallowing air, often accompanied by a grunting sound. DERIVATIVES wind-suck er noun
windsurfer
wind surf er |ˈwindˌsərfər ˈwɪn (d )ˌsərfər | ▶noun a person who takes part in windsurfing. • trademark a sailboard.
windsurfing
wind surf ing |ˈwindˌsərfiNG ˈwɪn (d )ˌsərfɪŋ | ▶noun the sport or pastime of riding on water on a sailboard. DERIVATIVES wind surf verb
windswept
wind swept |ˈwindˌswept ˈwɪn (d )ˌswɛpt | ▶adjective 1 (of a place ) exposed to strong winds: the windswept moors. 2 (of a person or their appearance ) affected, shaped, or mussed by exposure to the wind: his windswept hair.
wind tunnel
wind tun nel |wind ˈwɪnd ˌtənl | ▶noun a tunnel-like apparatus for producing an airstream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings, etc. , in order to investigate flow or the effect of wind on the full-size object. • an open space through which strong winds are channeled by surrounding tall buildings.
wind turbine
wind tur bine |wind ˈwɪnd ˌtərˌbaɪn | ▶noun a turbine having a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind to generate electricity.
windup
wind up |ˈwīndˌəp ˈwaɪndəp | ▶noun 1 an act of concluding or finishing something: the windup of the convention. 2 Baseball the motions of a pitcher immediately before delivering the ball, in which they take a step back, lift the hands over the head, and step forward. 3 Brit. informal an attempt to tease or irritate someone. ▶adjective (of a toy or other device ) functioning by means of winding a key or handle: a windup clock.
windward
wind ward |ˈwindwərd ˈwɪn (d )wərd | ▶adjective & adverb facing the wind or on the side facing the wind: [ as adj. ] : the windward side of the boat. Contrasted with leeward. ▶noun the side or direction from which the wind is blowing: the ships drifted west, leaving the island quite a distance to windward . PHRASES to windward of dated in an advantageous position in relation to: I happen to have got to windward of the young woman.
Windward Islands
Wind ward Is lands 1 a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea that constitute the southern part of the Lesser Antilles. They include Martinique, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. Their name refers to their position further upwind, in terms of the prevailing southeastern winds, than the Leeward Islands. 2 an island group in the eastern Society Islands in French Polynesia that include Moorea and Tahiti. French name Iles du Vent.
Windward Passage
Wind ward Pas sage an ocean channel between Cuba on the west and Haiti on the east that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
windy
wind y 1 |ˈwindē ˈwɪndi | ▶adjective ( windier, windiest ) 1 (of weather, a period of time, or a place ) marked by or exposed to strong winds: a very windy day. 2 Brit. suffering from, marked by, or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal. • informal using or expressed in many words that sound impressive but mean little: windy speeches. PHRASES the Windy City a nickname for Chicago. DERIVATIVES wind i ly |-əlē |adverb, wind i ness noun ORIGIN Old English windig (see wind 1, -y 1 ).
windy
wind y 2 |ˈwīndē ˈwɪndi | ▶adjective (of a road or river ) following a curving or twisting course.
Oxford Dictionary
wind
wind 1 |wɪnd | ▶noun 1 the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction: the wind howled about the building | an easterly wind | [ mass noun ] : gusts of wind. • used with reference to an impending situation: he had seen which way the wind was blowing. • the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body. • a scent carried by the wind, indicating the presence or proximity of an animal or person. 2 [ mass noun ] breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, playing an instrument, etc. , or the power of breathing without difficulty in such situations: he waited while Jez got his wind back | she hit the floor with a thud that knocked the wind out of her. 3 [ mass noun ] Brit. air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion. • empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric. 4 (also winds ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] wind instruments, or specifically woodwind instruments, forming a band or a section of an orchestra: these passages are most suitable for wind alone | [ as modifier ] : wind players. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 cause (someone ) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach: the fall nearly winded him. 2 Brit. make (a baby ) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back. 3 detect the presence of (a person or animal ) by scent: the birds could not have seen us or winded us. 4 |wʌɪnd | ( past and past participle winded or wound |waʊnd | ) literary sound (a bugle or call ) by blowing: but scarce again his horn he wound. PHRASES before the wind Sailing with the wind blowing from astern. get wind of informal begin to suspect that (something ) is happening; hear a rumour of: Mortimer got wind of a plot being hatched. [referring originally to the scent of game in hunting. ] it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good proverb few things are so bad that no one profits from them. like the wind very quickly: she ran like the wind back to the house. off the wind Sailing with the wind on the quarter. on a wind Sailing against a wind on either bow. put (or have ) the wind up Brit. informal alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened ): Frank was trying to put the wind up him so that he would be too agitated to think clearly. sail close to (or near ) the wind 1 Sailing sail as nearly against the wind as is consistent with using its force. 2 informal verge on indecency, dishonesty, or disaster. take the wind out of someone's sails frustrate someone by unexpectedly anticipating an action or remark. to the wind ( s ) (or the four winds ) in all directions: my little flock scatters to the four winds. • so as to be abandoned or neglected: I threw my friends' advice to the winds. [from ‘And fear of death deliver to the winds ’ (Milton's Paradise Lost ).]the wind of change an influence or tendency that cannot be resisted. [popularized by Harold Macmillan's use of the phrase in a 1960 speech. ]DERIVATIVES windless adjective ORIGIN Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wind and German Wind, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ventus.
wind
wind 2 |wʌɪnd | ▶verb ( past and past participle wound |waʊnd | ) 1 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] move in or take a twisting or spiral course: the path wound among olive trees. 2 [ with obj. and adverbial ] pass (something ) round a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold: he wound a towel around his midriff. • repeatedly twist or coil (a length of something ) round itself or a core: Anne wound the wool into a ball. • [ no obj., with adverbial ] be twisted or coiled in such a way: large vines wound round every tree. • wrap or surround (a core ) with a coiled length of something: devices wound with copper wire. 3 [ with obj. ] make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork ) operate by turning a key or handle: he wound up the clock every Saturday night | she was winding the gramophone. • turn (a key or handle ) repeatedly round and round: I wound the handle as fast as I could. 4 [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] cause (an audio or video tape or a film ) to move back or forwards to a desired point: I forgot how to wind the film on. 5 [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] hoist or draw (something ) with a windlass, winch, or similar device. ▶noun 1 a twist or turn in a course. 2 a single turn made when winding. PHRASAL VERBS wind down (of a mechanism, especially one operated by clockwork ) gradually lose power. • informal (of a person ) relax after stress or excitement. • (also wind something down ) draw or bring gradually to a close: business began to wind down as people awaited the new regime. wind up informal 1 arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place: she wound up in hospital with pneumonia. 2 another way of saying wind something up ( sense 2 ): he wound up by attacking Nonconformists. wind someone up 1 Brit. informal tease or irritate someone: she's only winding me up. 2 make tense or angry: he was clearly wound up and frantic about his daughter. wind something up 1 arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company: the company has since been wound up. 2 gradually or finally bring an activity to a conclusion: the experiments had to be wound up because the funding stopped. 3 informal increase the tension, intensity, or power of something: he wound up the engine. ORIGIN Old English windan ‘go rapidly ’, ‘twine ’, of Germanic origin; related to wander and wend .
windage
wind |age |ˈwɪndɪdʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the air resistance of a moving object, such as a vessel or a rotating machine part, or the force of the wind on a stationary object. • the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet.
Windaus, Adolf
Windaus, Adolf |ˈvɪndaʊs | (1876 –1959 ), German organic chemist. He did pioneering work on the chemistry and structure of steroids and their derivatives, notably cholesterol. He also investigated the D vitamins and vitamin B 1, and discovered histamine. Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1928 ).
windbag
wind |bag |ˈwɪn (d )bag | ▶noun informal, derogatory a person who talks at length but says little of any value. DERIVATIVES windbaggery noun
wind band
wind band ▶noun a group of musicians playing mainly woodwind instruments.
windblown
windblown |ˈwɪndbləʊn | ▶adjective carried or driven by the wind: windblown sand. windblown pollution. • exposed to or affected by the wind: the coastline is rugged and windblown | her windblown hair.
wind-borne
wind-borne ▶adjective carried by the wind: wind-borne paper bags and candy wrappers caught on a fence.
windbound
wind |bound |ˈwɪn (d )baʊnd | ▶adjective (of a sailing ship ) unable to sail because of extreme or contrary winds.
windbreak
wind |break |ˈwɪn (d )breɪk | ▶noun a thing, such as a row of trees or a fence, wall, or screen, that provides shelter or protection from the wind.
windbreaker
wind |break ¦er |ˈwɪn (d )breɪkə | ▶noun US trademark another term for windcheater.
windburn
wind |burn |ˈwɪn (d )bəːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] reddening and soreness of the skin caused by prolonged exposure to the wind. DERIVATIVES windburned (also windburnt ) adjective
Wind Cave National Park
Wind Cave Na tion al Park |wind ˌwɪnd ˌkeɪv ˌnæʃnəl ˈpɑrk | a preserve in the Black Hills of South Dakota, noted for its caves and wildlife.
windcheater
wind |cheat ¦er |ˈwɪn (d )tʃiːtə | ▶noun Brit. a wind-resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
windchest
wind |chest |wɪndtʃɛst | ▶noun a chest or box in an organ which receives wind from the bellows and admits it to the pipes or reeds.
windchill
wind chill |ˈwin (d )ˌCHil ˈwɪn (d )ˌtʃɪl |(also windchill factor or chill factor ) ▶noun a quantity expressing the effective lowering of the air temperature caused by the wind, esp. as affecting the rate of heat loss from an object or human body or as perceived by an exposed person.
wind chill
wind chill |ˈwɪndtʃɪl | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the cooling effect of wind blowing on a surface.
wind chimes
wind chimes |ˈwɪndtʃʌɪmz | ▶plural noun a decorative arrangement of small pieces of glass, metal, or shell suspended from a frame, typically hung near a door or window so as make a tinkling sound in the draught.
wind-down
wind-down |ˈwʌɪnddaʊn | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a gradual lessening of activity, intensity, or scale as something comes to an end: the wind-down of space exploration.
winded
winded |ˈwɪndɪd | ▶adjective having difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach. she wasn't really hurt, just winded.
wind energy
wind en ¦ergy ▶noun [ mass noun ] electrical energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines.
winder
winder |ˈwʌɪndə | ▶noun a device or mechanism used to wind something, especially something such as a watch or clock or the film in a camera.
Windermere
Windermere |ˈwɪndəmɪə | a lake in Cumbria, in the south-eastern part of the Lake District. At about 17 km (10 miles ) in length, it is the largest lake in England. The town of Windermere lies on its eastern shores.
windfall
wind |fall |ˈwɪn (d )fɔːl | ▶noun 1 an apple or other fruit blown down from a tree or bush by the wind. 2 a large amount of money that is won or received unexpectedly: members are to get an average £520 cash windfall for voting ‘yes ’ to the merger.
windfall tax
windfall tax (also windfall profits tax ) ▶noun a tax levied on an unforeseen or unexpectedly large profit, especially one regarded to be excessive or unfairly obtained.
wind farm
wind farm |ˈwɪndfɑːm | ▶noun an area of land with a group of energy-producing windmills or wind turbines.
windflower
wind |flower |ˈwɪn (d )flaʊə | ▶noun an anemone.
windgall
wind |gall ▶noun a small painless swelling just above the fetlock of a horse, caused by inflammation of the tendon sheath.
wind gap
wind gap ▶noun a valley cut through a ridge by a river which no longer flows through the valley.
wind gauge
wind gauge |ˈwɪndɡeɪʤ | ▶noun an anemometer.
wind harp
wind harp ▶noun another term for aeolian harp.
Windhoek
Windhoek |ˈwɪnthʊk, ˈvɪnt -| the capital of Namibia, situated in the centre of the country; pop. 314,000 (est. 2007 ). It was the capital of the former German protectorate of South West Africa from 1892 until 1919, emerging as capital of independent Namibia in 1990.
windhover
wind |hover |ˈwɪndhɒvə | ▶noun dialect a kestrel.
Windies
Win ¦dies |ˈwɪndɪz | ▶plural noun informal West Indians, especially the West Indian cricket team.
windigo
windigo |ˈwɪndɪgəʊ |(also wendigo ) ▶noun ( pl. windigos or windigoes ) (in the folklore of the northern Algonquian Indians ) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh. ORIGIN from Ojibwa wintiko.
winding
winding |ˈwʌɪndɪŋ | ▶noun 1 a twisting movement or course: the windings of the stream. 2 a thing that winds or is wound round something. • an electrical conductor that is wound round a magnetic material, especially one encircling part of the stator or rotor of an electric motor or generator or forming part of a transformer. ▶adjective following a twisting or spiral course: our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase.
winding engine
wind |ing en ¦gine ▶noun a powered winch or similar machine used for hauling or hoisting heavy loads.
winding sheet
wind |ing sheet |ˈwʌɪndɪŋʃiːt | ▶noun a sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial; a shroud.
wind instrument
wind in ¦stru |ment |ˈwɪndɪnstrəmənt | ▶noun a musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of air, typically by the player blowing into the instrument. • a woodwind instrument as distinct from a brass instrument.
windjammer
wind |jam ¦mer |ˈwɪn (d )dʒamə | ▶noun 1 historical a merchant sailing ship. 2 US another term for windcheater.
windlass
wind |lass |ˈwɪndləs | ▶noun a winch, especially one on a ship or in a harbour. ▶verb [ with obj. ] haul or lift (something ) with a windlass. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably an alteration of obsolete windas, via Anglo-Norman French from Old Norse vindáss, literally ‘winding pole ’.
wind load
wind load (also wind loading ) ▶noun Engineering the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it.
wind machine
wind ma |chine |ˈwɪndməʃiːn | ▶noun 1 a machine used in the theatre or in film-making for producing a blast of air or imitating the sound of wind. 2 a wind-driven turbine for producing electricity.
windmill
wind |mill |ˈwɪn (d )mɪl | ▶noun a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind corn into flour. • a similar structure used to generate electricity or draw water. • Brit. a toy consisting of a stick with curved vanes attached that turn in the wind. ▶verb (with reference to a person's arms ) move or be moved round in a circle in a manner suggestive of the rotating sails or vanes of a windmill. • [ no obj. ] (of the propeller or rotor of an aircraft, or the aircraft itself ) spin unpowered. PHRASES fling (or throw ) one's cap over the windmill ( s ) dated act recklessly or unconventionally.
window
win ¦dow |ˈwɪndəʊ | ▶noun 1 an opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle, fitted with glass in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out. • a pane of glass filling such an opening: thieves smashed a window and took £600. • an opening in a wall or screen through which customers are served in a bank, ticket office, or similar building. • a space behind the window of a shop where goods are displayed for sale: [ as modifier ] : beautiful window displays. • a means of observing and learning about something: television is a window on the world. 2 a transparent panel on an envelope to show an address. 3 Computing a framed area on a display screen for viewing information. 4 an interval or opportunity for action: the parliamentary recess offers a good window for a bid. • an interval during which atmospheric and astronomical circumstances are suitable for the launch of a spacecraft. 5 Physics a range of electromagnetic wavelengths for which a medium (especially the atmosphere ) is transparent. 6 [ mass noun ] strips of metal foil dispersed in the air to obstruct radar detection. [military code word. ] PHRASES go out ( of ) the window informal (of a plan or pattern of behaviour ) no longer exist; disappear. window of opportunity a favourable opportunity for doing something that must be seized immediately. window of vulnerability an opportunity to attack something that is at risk (especially as a cold war claim that America's land-based missiles were easy targets for a Soviet first strike ). the windows of the soul literary the eyes. DERIVATIVES windowless adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind ’ + auga ‘eye ’.
window box
win ¦dow box ▶noun a long, narrow box in which flowers and other plants are grown, placed on an outside window sill.
window cleaner
win ¦dow clean ¦er ▶noun a person who is employed to clean windows. • [ mass noun ] a substance used for cleaning windows.
window dressing
win ¦dow dress |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the arrangement of an attractive display in a shop window. • an adroit but superficial or misleading presentation of something, designed to create a favourable impression: the government's effort has amounted to little more than window dressing.
windowed
win |dowed ▶adjective 1 having a window or windows: [ in combination ] : a row of bay-windowed houses. 2 Computing having or using framed areas on a display screen for viewing information.
window frame
win ¦dow frame ▶noun a supporting frame for the glass of a window.
windowing
win ¦dow |ing |ˈwɪndəʊɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Computing the use of windows for the simultaneous display of more than one item on a screen.
window ledge
win ¦dow ledge ▶noun another term for window sill.
windowpane
window |pane |ˈwɪndəʊpeɪn | ▶noun 1 a pane of glass in a window. 2 a broad flatfish with numerous dark spots, found in the western Atlantic. Also called sand dab. ●Scophthalmus aquosus, family Scophthalmidae (or Bothidae ).
Window Rock
Win dow Rock a community in northeastern Arizona, capital of the Navajo reservation, named for a limestone formation; pop. 3,059 (2000 ).
Windows
Windows |ˈwɪndəʊz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] trademark a GUI operating system for personal computers.
window seat
win ¦dow seat ▶noun a seat below a window, especially one in a bay or alcove. • a seat next to a window in an aircraft or train.
window-shop
window-shop ▶verb [ no obj. ] look at the goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy anything: (as noun window-shopping ) : window-shopping is the favourite pastime of all New Yorkers. DERIVATIVES window-shopper noun
window sill
win ¦dow sill ▶noun a ledge or sill forming the bottom part of a window.
window tax
win ¦dow tax |ˈwɪndəʊtaks | ▶noun Brit. historical a tax on windows or similar openings, abolished in 1851.
window treatment
win dow treat ment ▶noun interior decoration for a window or window frame.
window washer
win dow wash er ▶noun a person employed to clean windows.
wind pack
wind pack ▶noun [ mass noun ] snow which has been compacted by the wind.
windpipe
wind |pipe |ˈwɪn (d )pʌɪp | ▶noun the air passage from the throat to the lungs; the trachea.
wind power
wind pow er ▶noun power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind.
wind power
wind power ▶noun [ mass noun ] power obtained by harnessing the energy of the wind.
windproof
wind |proof |ˈwɪn (d )pruːf | ▶adjective (of a garment or fabric ) giving protection from the wind.
Wind River Range
Wind Riv er Range |wind ˌwɪnd ˌrɪvər ˈreɪnʤ | a range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming that rises to 13,804 feet (4,207 m ) at Gannett Peak, the highest in the state.
wind rock
wind rock ▶noun [ mass noun ] damage to the roots of young plants, caused by the movement of the stem in the wind.
wind rose
wind rose ▶noun a diagram showing the relative frequency of wind directions at a place.
windrow
wind |row |ˈwɪndrəʊ | ▶noun a long line of raked hay, corn sheaves, or peats laid out to dry in the wind. • N. Amer. a long line of material heaped up by the wind or by a machine.
Windrush
Windrush ▶adjective relating to or denoting the people who emigrated from the Caribbean to Britain on the British ship the Empire Windrush in 1948: the Windrush generation.
windsail
wind |sail |ˈwɪn (d )seɪl | ▶noun historical a long wide tube or funnel of sailcloth used to convey air to the lower parts of a ship.
Windscale
Wind |scale |ˈwɪndskeɪl | former name (1947 –81 ) for Sellafield.
wind scorpion
wind scor |pion ▶noun another term for sun spider.
windscreen
wind |screen |ˈwɪn (d )skriːn | ▶noun Brit. a glass screen at the front of a motor vehicle.
windscreen wiper
windscreen wiper (N. Amer. windshield wiper ) ▶noun a power-operated device for keeping a windscreen clear of rain, typically with a rubber blade on an arm that moves in an arc.
wind shear
wind shear ▶noun [ mass noun ] variation in wind velocity occurring along a direction at right angles to the wind's direction and tending to exert a turning force.
windshield
wind |shield |ˈwɪn (d )ʃiːld | ▶noun N. Amer. a windscreen.
windslab
wind |slab ▶noun [ mass noun ] a thick crust formed on the surface of soft snow by the wind, of a kind liable to slip and create an avalanche.
windsock
wind |sock |ˈwɪn (d )sɒk | ▶noun a light, flexible cylinder or cone mounted on a mast to show the direction and strength of the wind, especially at an airfield.
Windsor
Windsor 1 |ˈwɪnzə | 1 a town in Berkshire, southern England, on the River Thames opposite Eton; pop. 31,800 (est. 2009 ). 2 an industrial city and port in Ontario, southern Canada, on Lake Erie opposite the US city of Detroit; pop. 216,473 (2006 ).
Windsor
Windsor 2 |ˈwɪnzə | the name of the British royal family since 1917. Previously Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, it was changed in response to anti-German feeling in the First World War.
Windsor, Duke of
Windsor, Duke of the title conferred on Edward VIII on his abdication in 1936.
Windsor Castle
Wind |sor Cas ¦tle |wɪnzəˈkɑːsl | a royal residence at Windsor, founded by William the Conqueror on the site of an earlier fortress and extended by his successors, particularly Edward III. The castle was severely damaged by fire in 1992.
Windsor chair
Wind |sor chair ▶noun a wooden dining chair with a semicircular back supported by upright rods.
Windsor knot
Wind |sor knot |wɪnzəˈnɒt | ▶noun a large, loose triangular knot in a man's tie, produced by making extra turns when tying.
Windsor tie
Wind |sor tie ▶noun dated, chiefly US a wide silk bias-cut tie, tied in a loose double knot.
wind sprint
wind sprint ▶noun Athletics a form of exercise involving moving from a walk or slow run to a faster run and repeatedly reversing the process.
windstorm
wind |storm |ˈwɪndstɔːm | ▶noun chiefly N. Amer. a storm with very strong wind but little or no rain or snow; a gale.
wind-sucking
wind-sucking ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in a horse ) habitual behaviour involving repeated arching of the neck and sucking in and swallowing air, often accompanied by a grunting sound.
windsurfer
wind |surf ¦er |ˈwɪndsɜːfə (r )| ▶noun a person who takes part in windsurfing. • ( trademark in the US ) a sailboard.
windsurfing
wind |surf |ing |ˈwɪn (d )səːfɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the sport or pastime of riding on water on a sailboard. DERIVATIVES windsurf verb
windswept
wind |swept |ˈwɪn (d )swɛpt | ▶adjective (of a place ) exposed to strong winds: the windswept moors. • untidy after being exposed to the wind: his windswept hair.
wind tunnel
wind tun ¦nel |ˈwɪndtʌnl | ▶noun a tunnel-like apparatus for producing an airstream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings, etc. , in order to investigate flow or the effect of wind on the full-size object.
wind turbine
wind tur |bine |ˈwɪndtɜːbʌɪn | ▶noun a turbine having a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind to generate electricity.
wind-up
wind-up |ˈwʌɪndʌp | ▶noun 1 Brit. informal an attempt to tease or irritate someone. 2 an act of concluding or finishing something: a company wind-up. 3 Baseball the motions of a pitcher preparing to pitch the ball.
windward
wind |ward |ˈwɪndwəd | ▶adjective & adverb facing the wind or on the side facing the wind: [ as adj. ] : the windward side of the boat. Contrasted with leeward. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the side or direction from which the wind is blowing: he had beaten to windward across St Austell Bay. PHRASES to windward of dated in an advantageous position in relation to: I happen to have got to windward of the young woman.
Windward Islands
Windward Islands a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean. Constituting the southern part of the Lesser Antilles, they include Martinique, Dominica, St Lucia, Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. Their name refers to their position further upwind, in terms of the prevailing south-easterly winds, than the Leeward Islands.
Windward Passage
Wind ward Pas sage an ocean channel between Cuba on the west and Haiti on the east that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.
windy
windy 1 |ˈwɪndi | ▶adjective ( windier, windiest ) 1 characterized by or exposed to strong winds: a very windy day | the cold, windy hills. 2 Brit. suffering from, marked by, or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal. 3 informal using or expressed in many words that sound impressive but mean little: the way to save time in an exam is by omitting windy phrases. 4 Brit. informal (of a person ) nervous or anxious about something. PHRASES the Windy City a name for Chicago. DERIVATIVES windily adverb, windiness noun ORIGIN Old English windig (see wind 1, -y 1 ).
windy
windy 2 |ˈwʌɪndi | ▶adjective ( windier, windiest ) (of a road or river ) following a curving or twisting course.
American Oxford Thesaurus
wind
wind 1 noun 1 the trees were swaying in the wind: breeze, current of air; gale, hurricane; literary zephyr. 2 Jez got his wind back: breath. 3 the discomfort of holding back one's wind: flatulence, gas; informal fart (s ), farting; formal flatus. PHRASES get wind of informal White House officials got wind of the plan: hear about /of, learn about /of, find out about, pick up on, be told about /of, be informed of; informal hear (about ) through the grapevine. in the wind we fear that civil war is in the wind: on the way, coming, about to happen, in the offing, in the air, on the horizon, approaching, looming, brewing, afoot; informal in the cards. WORD LINKS anemometer an instrument for measuring wind speed Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
wind
wind 2 verb 1 this road winds dangerously: twist and turn, twist, bend, curve, loop, zigzag, weave, snake. 2 she wound a towel around her waist: wrap, furl, entwine, lace, loop. 3 he wound the yarn into a ball: coil, roll, twist, twine. PHRASES wind down 1 informal they needed to wind down: relax, unwind, calm down, cool down /off, ease up /off, take it easy, rest, put one's feet up; informal take a load off, hang loose, chill, chill out, kick back. 2 the summer was winding down: draw to a close, come to an end, tail off, taper off, slack off, slacken off, slow down, die, die down. wind up 1 let's wind up this meeting and go to lunch: conclude, bring to an end /close, end, terminate; informal wrap up. 2 informal I never thought that Jerry would wind up in real estate: end up, finish up, find oneself.
winded
winded adjective he is winded just from walking up the stairs: out of breath, breathless, gasping for breath, panting, hyperventilating; informal huffing and puffing.
windfall
windfall noun the inheritance from Uncle Larry was an unexpected windfall: bonanza, jackpot, pennies from heaven, stroke /piece of luck, godsend, manna from heaven.
winding
winding noun the windings of the stream: twist, turn, turning, bend, loop, curve, zigzag, meander. ▶adjective the winding country roads: twisting and turning, meandering, windy, twisty, bending, curving, zigzag, zigzagging, serpentine, sinuous, snaking, tortuous; rare flexuous. ANTONYMS straight. WORD TOOLKIT See serpentine . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
windpipe
windpipe noun a blockage in the windpipe: trachea, pharynx; throat.
windswept
windswept adjective 1 the windswept prairies: exposed, bleak, bare, desolate. 2 his windswept hair: disheveled, tousled, unkempt, wind-blown, untidy, mussed up.
windy
windy adjective 1 a windy day: breezy, blowy, blustery, gusty; wild, stormy, squally, tempestuous, boisterous. ANTONYMS still. 2 a windy hillside: windswept, exposed, open to the elements, bare, bleak. ANTONYMS sheltered.
Oxford Thesaurus
wind (rhymes with ‘tinned’)
wind 1 |(rhymes with ‘tinned ’)| noun 1 the slender pine trees were swaying in the wind: breeze; air current, current of air; gale, hurricane; draught; informal blow; literary zephyr. 2 he waited while Jez got his wind back: breath; informal puff. 3 you do talk a lot of wind: nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, blather, blether; informal hogwash, baloney, tripe, drivel, bilge, bosh, bull, bunk, rot, hot air, eyewash, piffle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, malarkey, twaddle, guff; boastful talk, bombast, bluster, fanfaronade; Brit. informal codswallop, cobblers, stuff and nonsense, tosh, taradiddle, cock, cack; Scottish & N. English informal havers; Irish informal codology; N. Amer. informal garbage, flapdoodle, blathers, wack, bushwa; informal, dated bunkum, tommyrot; literary rodomontade, braggadocio; vulgar slang shit, crap, bullshit, bollocks, balls; Austral. /NZ vulgar slang bulldust. 4 flatulence, flatus, gas; technical borborygmus. 5 a concerto for piano, violin, and wind: wind instruments..PHRASES get wind of informal White House officials got wind of the plan: hear about /of, learn of, find out about, become aware of, be made aware of, be told about, be informed of, hear tell of, have brought to one's notice; informal hear something on the grapevine. in the wind there is trouble in the wind: on the way, coming, about to happen, in the offing, in the air, close at hand, on the horizon, approaching, imminent, impending, looming, brewing, afoot; likely, probable; informal on the cards. put the wind up someone Brit. informal stop playing silly buggers —you're putting the wind up me: scare, frighten, make afraid, make nervous, throw into a panic, panic, alarm, unnerve; informal give someone the heebie-jeebies; N. Amer. informal spook. ANTONYMS reassure. WORD LINKS wind aeolian relating to the wind anemo- related prefix, as in anemotropic anemometer instrument for measuring wind speed Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
wind (rhymes with ‘mind’)
wind 2 |(rhymes with ‘mind ’)| verb 1 the road winds up through the mountainside to the village: twist and turn, twist, turn, bend, curve, loop, zigzag, weave, snake, meander, ramble; swerve, veer. 2 he wound a towel around his midriff | he wound a lock of her hair round his fingers: wrap, furl, fold; entwine, lace, wreathe. 3 Anne wound the wool into a ball: coil, roll, twist, twine; reel. PHRASES wind down 1 informal he needed to wind down after the spiralling tensions of the day: relax, unwind, calm down, cool down /off, ease up /off, take it easy, rest, put one's feet up; informal de-stress, let it all hang out, unbutton; N. Amer. informal hang loose, stay loose, chill out, chill, kick back. 2 the campaign was winding down: draw to a close, come to an end, tail off, taper off, diminish, lessen, dwindle, decline; slacken off, slack off, slow down. ANTONYMS escalate. wind something down a decision was taken to wind down the property development business: bring to a close /end, wind up, run down, close down, phase out; N. Amer. close out. ANTONYMS expand. wind up informal it's no wonder he wound up in hospital: end up, finish up, find oneself, land up, land oneself; informal fetch up. wind someone up 1 Brit. informal I knew Katie was just winding me up: tease, make fun of, chaff; annoy, vex; informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, kid, have on, pull someone's leg, rag; N. Amer. informal goof on, rag on, put on, pull someone's chain, razz, fun, shuck; Austral. /NZ informal poke mullock at, poke borak at, sling off at; Brit. vulgar slang take the piss out of; dated make sport of, twit. 2 Alan was getting hot under the collar —David seemed to be winding him up on purpose: annoy, anger, irritate, exasperate, get /put someone's back up, nettle, pique, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers; provoke, goad, work up, make tense; informal aggravate, rile, niggle, get in someone's hair, get to, bug, miff, peeve, get under someone's skin, get up someone's nose, hack off; Brit. informal rub up the wrong way, nark, get across; N. Amer. informal ride; vulgar slang piss off. wind something up 1 Richard wound up the meeting just before noon: conclude, bring to an end /close, end, terminate, finish; tie up, tie up the loose ends of; informal wrap up. ANTONYMS open, begin. 2 the company has since been wound up: close (down ), dissolve, liquidate, put into liquidation.
winded
winded adjective he lay there for a moment, winded: out of breath, breathless, gasping for breath, panting, puffing, huffing and puffing, puffing and blowing; informal puffed out, out of puff.
windfall
windfall noun a £43,000 windfall: bonanza, jackpot, pennies from heaven, unexpected gain; piece /stroke of good luck, godsend, manna from heaven.
winding
winding noun the windings of the stream: twist, turn, turning, bend, loop, curve, zigzag, convolution, meander, meandering; oxbow; rare anfractuosity, flexuosity. ▶adjective the winding country roads: twisting and turning, full of twists and turns, meandering, windy, twisty, bending, curving, looping, zigzag, zigzagging, serpentine, sinuous, snaking, snaky, tortuous, convoluted; circuitous, roundabout, indirect; rare anfractuous, flexuous, meandrous, serpentiform. ANTONYMS straight. WORD TOOLKIT winding See serpentine . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
window
window noun casement, opening, aperture.
windpipe
windpipe noun trachea, pharynx; throat; archaic weasand. WORD LINKS windpipe tracheal relating to the windpipe Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
windswept
windswept adjective 1 the windswept moors: exposed, unprotected, bleak, bare, desolate; windy, blowy. ANTONYMS sheltered. 2 his windswept hair: dishevelled, tousled, unkempt, windblown, untidy, messy, disordered, disarranged; N. Amer. mussed up. ANTONYMS tidy, sleek.
windy
windy adjective 1 a windy day: breezy, blowy, fresh, blustery, gusty; wild, stormy, squally, tempestuous, turbulent; rare boisterous, blusterous. ANTONYMS still, windless. 2 the cold windy hills: windswept, exposed, unprotected, open to the elements, bare, bleak. ANTONYMS sheltered. 3 informal a series of windy speeches: verbose, long-winded, wordy, prolix, lengthy, overlong, prolonged, protracted, long-drawn-out, tedious; talkative, garrulous, voluble, loquacious; rambling, meandering, repetitious, tautological, periphrastic, circumlocutory, tortuous; rare pleonastic. ANTONYMS concise, succinct. 4 Brit. informal she felt a bit windy about his visit: nervous, anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, stressed, fretful, uneasy, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots; frightened, scared, afraid, fearful; informal with butterflies in one's stomach, jittery, twitchy, trepidatious, in a state, uptight, in a stew, in a dither, all of a dither, in a sweat, in a flap, in a tizz /tizzy, all of a lather, het up, in a twitter; Brit. informal strung up, all of a doodah; N. Amer. informal spooky, squirrelly, in a twit; Austral. /NZ informal toey; dated overstrung. ANTONYMS calm, unperturbed.
Duden Dictionary
wind
wind Adjektiv |w i nd |indeklinables Adjektiv vielleicht zu landschaftlich veraltet Winde, mittelhochdeutsch winde = Schmerz in der Fügung wind und weh südwestdeutsch, schweizerisch höchst unbehaglich, elend bei dem Gedanken wird ihm wind und weh
Wind
Wind Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i nd |der Wind; Genitiv: des Wind [e ]s, Plural: die Winde mittelhochdeutsch wint, althochdeutsch wind, verwandt mit wehen und eigentlich = der Wehende 1 spürbar stärker bewegte Luft im Freien ein sanfter, lauer, warmer, frischer, stürmischer, heftiger, starker, böiger, kalter, eisiger Wind | günstige, ungünstige, widrige Winde | auffrischende Winde aus Ost | Wind und Wetter | ein leichter Wind erhob sich, kam auf, wehte, kam von Osten | der Wind bläst, pfeift, braust, weht ums Haus | der Wind dreht sich, schlägt um, legt sich, flaut ab | der Wind brachte Regen, blähte die Segel, zerrte an ihren Kleidern | beim Gehen den Wind im Rücken haben | den Wind , die Kräfte des Windes für etwas nutzen | der Jäger hat schlechten, guten Wind (Jägersprache ; steht so, dass das Wild Witterung, keine Witterung von ihm bekommt ) | auf günstigen Wind warten | gegen den Wind ankämpfen | in der zweiten Halbzeit spielte die Mannschaft mit dem Wind , hatte die Mannschaft den Wind im Rücken (wehte der Wind in Richtung des Gegners, des gegnerischen Tors ) | Seemannssprache, besonders Segeln [hart ] am Wind , gegen den Wind , mit halbem, vollem Wind , vor dem Wind segeln | figurativ seine Erzählungen sind nicht ernst zu nehmen, das ist alles nur Wind [schnell ] wie der Wind Blitz 1 irgendwo weht [jetzt ] ein anderer, scharfer, schärferer o. ä. Wind ; der Wind pfeift [jetzt ] aus einem anderen Loch umgangssprachlich irgendwo werden [jetzt ] andere, strengere o. ä. Methoden angewandt, Maßstäbe angelegt seit der neue Chef da ist, weht in der Firma ein anderer Wind wissen /erkennen /spüren /merken o. Ä., woher der Wind weht umgangssprachlich wissen, merken, wie sich etwas unerfreulicherweise wirklich verhält Wind machen umgangssprachlich sehr übertreiben; angeben viel Wind um etwas machen umgangssprachlich viel Aufhebens von etwas machen; etwas sehr aufbauschen Wind von etwas bekommen /kriegen /haben umgangssprachlich von etwas, was eigentlich unbemerkt bleiben, nicht bekannt werden sollte, auf irgendeine Weise doch Kenntnis erhalten aus der Jägerspr., Wind = Witterung jemandem den Wind aus den Segeln nehmen umgangssprachlich jemandem den Grund für sein Vorgehen, die Voraussetzungen für seine Argumente nehmen sich < Dativ > den Wind um die Nase wehen, um die Ohren wehen /pfeifen lassen umgangssprachlich sich in der Welt umsehen; das Leben kennenlernen bei /in Wind und Wetter bei jedem, auch bei schlechtestem Wetter er ist bei Wind und Wetter draußen bei seinen Tieren durch den Wind sein umgangssprachlich geistig verwirrt, konfus sein durch das Chaos der vergangenen Wochen ist er [völlig ] durch den Wind | er ist frisch verliebt und etwas durch den Wind gegen den Wind , mit dem Wind segeln sich der herrschenden Meinung widersetzen, anschließen; sich [nicht ] anpassen in den Wind reden /sprechen mit seinen Worten kein Gehör finden alle Appelle waren in den Wind gesprochen etwas in den Wind schlagen dem [gut gemeinten ] Rat eines andern keine Beachtung schenken er hat alle Warnungen, Ratschläge des Freundes in den Wind geschlagen etwas in den Wind schreiben umgangssprachlich ; Schornstein das Geld kannst du in den Wind schreiben, er hat seine Schulden noch nie bezahlt in alle Winde überallhin, in alle Himmelsrichtungen die Geschwister sind in alle Winde zerstreut daher weht [also ] der Wind so verhält es sich also unerfreulicherweise wer Wind sät, wird Sturm ernten wer etwas Böses tut, wird durch ein weit größeres Übel bestraft nach Hosea 8, 7 2 a (bei der Orgel ) durch ein elektrisches Gebläse oder einen Blasebalg in Bewegung versetzte Luft, die den Pfeifen zugeführt wird b Hüttenwesen bei bestimmten Prozessen (z. B. der Eisengewinnung im Hochofen ) zugeführte, meist vorgewärmte und mit Sauerstoff angereicherte Luft 3 Kurzwort für: Darmwind
Windabweiser
Wind ab wei ser Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndabweiser |Vorrichtung in Form einer Blende aus Plexiglas ® o. Ä. am Auto, die bei geöffnetem Fenster, Dach den Fahrtwind ableitet
Windanlage
Wind an la ge Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndanlage |Windkraftanlage
Windbäckerei
Wind bä cke rei Substantiv, feminin österreichisch , die |W i ndbäckerei |Schaumgebäck
Windbehälter
Wind be häl ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndbehälter |Windkasten
Windbeutel
Wind beu tel Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndbeutel |1 leichtes, mit Sahne gefülltes Gebäckstück eigentlich = mit Luft gefüllter Beutel 2 veraltend abwertend leichtlebiger, unzuverlässiger Mensch
Windbö
Wind bö Substantiv, feminin , die Windböe |W i ndbö |Bö
Windböe
Wind böe Substantiv, feminin , die Windbö |W i ndböe |Bö
Windbreaker
Wind brea ker Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndbreaker …breɪkɐ |der Windbreaker; Genitiv: des Windbreakers, Plural: die Windbreaker amerikanisch windbreaker ®, zu englisch wind = Wind und to break = (zer )brechen aus speziellen Materialien hergestellte Jacke, die vor Wind und Regen schützt an kühlen, regnerischen Tagen geht er nicht ohne Windbreaker aus dem Haus
Windbruch
Wind bruch Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndbruch |durch heftigen Wind verursachter Schaden im Wald
Windchill
Wind chill Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndchill …tʃɪl |englisch durch Wind verursachte verstärkte Kälteempfindung
winddicht
wind dicht Adjektiv |w i nddicht |undurchlässig für Wind winddichte Skikleidung
Winde
Win de Substantiv, feminin , die |W i nde |1 Vorrichtung zum Heben und Senken oder zum Heranziehen von Lasten mittelhochdeutsch winde, althochdeutsch in: waʒʒarwinda = Wasserwinde die Balken werden mit einer Winde nach oben gebracht 2 kletternde Pflanze mit einzeln stehenden, trichterförmigen, weißen oder rosa Blüten mittelhochdeutsch winde, althochdeutsch winda, eigentlich = die Sichwindende, zu winden
Windei
Wind ei Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndei |Lehnübersetzung von lateinisch ova hypenemia oder zephyria (Plural ), die Eier sollen vom Wind empfangen worden sein 1 nur von einer Haut umgebenes Ei ohne Schale 2 unbefruchtetes Ei eins der Eier erwies sich nach einiger Zeit als Windei | figurativ abwertend diese Idee war ein Windei war unbrauchbar 3 Medizin Mole
Windel
Win del Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndel |die Windel; Genitiv: der Windel, Plural: die Windeln mittelhochdeutsch windel, althochdeutsch windila, eigentlich = Binde zum Winden, Wickeln, zu winden 1 weiches Tuch aus Stoff, das um den Unterkörper eines Säuglings geschlungen wird, um dessen Ausscheidungen aufzunehmen weiche, trockene, nasse, frische Windeln | Windeln waschen, kochen | das Kind in Windeln wickeln | damals lagst du noch in [den ] Windeln (warst du noch ganz klein )noch in den Windeln liegen /stecken /sein Kinderschuh 2 durch Klebestreifen zusammengehaltene, einem Höschen ähnliche Kunststofffolie mit dicker Zellstofflage mit der Funktion einer Windel 1 , die nach dem Gebrauch weggeworfen wird
Windelhöschen
Win del hös chen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndelhöschen |kleine Hose aus wasserundurchlässigem Material, die einem Säugling über die Windeln 1 gezogen wird
windeln
win deln schwaches Verb |w i ndeln |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « (einem Säugling ) eine Windel anlegen ein Baby windeln
windelweich
win del weich Adjektiv umgangssprachlich |w i ndelw ei ch |eigentlich = weich wie eine aus zartem Leinen gefertigte Windel 1 a oft abwertend ängstlich und nachgiebig, gefügig, bereit, alles hinzunehmen o. Ä. er redete so lange auf ihn ein, bis er windelweich war b oft abwertend nicht die notwendige, erwartete Festigkeit, Eindeutigkeit, keinen fest umrissenen Standpunkt erkennen lassend windelweiche Erklärungen, Argumente 2 nur in Verbindung mit Verben des Schlagens sehr heftig und lang anhaltend jemanden windelweich prügeln, hauen
winden
win den starkes Verb |w i nden |starkes Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mittelhochdeutsch winden, althochdeutsch wintan, eigentlich = drehen, wenden, flechten 1 a gehoben durch Schlingen, Drehen, Flechten o. Ä. an, in etwas befestigen, zu etwas verbinden Blumen in einen Kranz winden | sie wand dem Kind Schleifen ins Haar | sie wanden Zweige und Blumen zu Girlanden b gehoben durch Schlingen, Drehen, Flechten o. Ä. herstellen, anfertigen aus Blumen Kränze winden | er wand bunte Girlanden aus Papier c gehoben um etwas legen, binden, knüpfen, durch Darumlegen, -binden anbringen, befestigen sie windet ein Band um das Buch | das Kind wand (selten ; legte, schlang ) seine Arme um den Hals der Mutter | er wand sich, dem Kind ein Tuch um den Kopf d sich winden gehoben sich um etwas herumschlingen; um etwas gelegt, geschlungen sein die Bohnen winden sich um die Stangen | die Zöpfe wanden sich kranzförmig um ihren Kopf 2 gehoben durch heftige drehende Bewegungen aus den Händen reißen, gewaltsam wegnehmen einem Angreifer den Stock, die Waffe aus der Hand winden | sie wanden der weinenden Mutter das Kind aus den Armen 3 a sich winden sich in schlangenartigen Bewegungen, in einer Schlangenlinie gleitend fortbewegen die Schlange windet sich im Sand b sich winden sich krümmen, krampfhafte Bewegungen machen sich in Krämpfen winden | sie wand sich vor Schmerzen, vor Weinen und Schluchzen | er wand sich vor Verlegenheit, vor Scham, vor Lachen | figurativ eine gewundene (nach Ausflüchten klingende ) Erklärung abgeben | figurativ gewundene (umständlich gedrechselte, verschlungene ) Sätze | figurativ sich sehr gewunden (umständlich und gekünstelt ) ausdrücken 4 a sich winden sich durch etwas irgendwohin schlängeln 2 er versuchte sich durch die Menge zu winden | er wand sich durch die Absperrung nach vorn b sich winden in einer unregelmäßigen Schlangenlinie, in unregelmäßigen Bogen irgendwo verlaufen; sich schlängeln 1b ein schmaler Pfad windet sich bergaufwärts | eine gewundene Treppe | ein gewundener Flusslauf 5 mit einer Winde 1 irgendwohin befördern zu Winde 1 eine Last aufs Baugerüst, nach oben winden | die Netze aus dem Meer winden
winden
win den schwaches Verb |w i nden |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « spätmittelhochdeutsch winden, zu Wind 1 unpersönlich seltener (vom Wind ) spürbar, mit einer gewissen Heftigkeit wehen hier windet es 2 Jägersprache (vom Wild und von Hunden ) Witterung nehmen; wittern 1a das Reh, der Hund windet mit gehobener Nase
Windenergie
Wind ener gie Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndenergie |durch Nutzung des Windes gewonnene Energie 2
Windenergieanlage
Wind ener gie an la ge Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndenergieanlage |Windkraftanlage
Windenergiepark
Wind ener gie park Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndenergiepark | Windpark
Winder
Win der Substantiv, maskulin Fotografie , der |ˈwaɪndɐ |der Winder; Genitiv: des Winders, Plural: die Winder englisch winder, zu: to wind (auf )wickeln Vorrichtung in Kleinbildkameras zum automatischen Transport des Films
Winderhitzer
Wind er hit zer Substantiv, maskulin Hüttenwesen , der |W i nderhitzer |Vorrichtung am Hochofen in Form eines feuerfest ausgekleideten Turmes, in der die zur Verbrennung eingeblasene Luft erhitzt wird
Windeseile
Win des ei le Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndeseile |in der Verbindung in /mit Windeseile oft emotional sehr schnell, in großer Eile das Gerücht hatte sich in /mit Windeseile verbreitet
Windfang
Wind fang Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndfang |mittelhochdeutsch wintvanc, althochdeutsch wintvanga; vgl. Rauchfang 1 vor dem eigentlichen Flur o. Ä. gelegener Raum zwischen Haustür und Windfangtür, auch kleiner Vorbau an Türen, Fenstern, der das Eindringen kalter Luft vermeiden soll 2 Jägersprache (beim Schalenwild außer dem Schwarzwild ) Nase
Windfangtür
Wind fang tür Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndfangtür |den Windfang gegen den eigentlichen Flur o. Ä. abschließende [Pendel ]tür
Windfarm
Wind farm Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndfarm |
Windflüchter
Wind flüch ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndflüchter |vom Wind verformter Baum
windgeschützt
wind ge schützt Adjektiv |w i ndgeschützt |so gelegen, abgeschirmt, dass der Wind nicht einwirken kann ein windgeschützter Hang | windgeschützt hinter der Glaswand sitzen
Windgeschwindigkeit
Wind ge schwin dig keit Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndgeschwindigkeit |Geschwindigkeit, mit der sich der Wind fortbewegt die Windgeschwindigkeit messen
Windharfe
Wind har fe Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndharfe |Äolsharfe
Windhauch
Wind hauch Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndhauch |kaum spürbare Luftbewegung ein sanfter Windhauch
Windhöffigkeit
Wind höf fig keit Substantiv, feminin Fachsprache , die |W i ndhöffigkeit | -höffig durchschnittliches Windaufkommen an einem bestimmten Standort (als Maßstab für die Gewinnung von Windenergie ) Windkrafträder dürften nur an Standorten errichtet werden, deren Windhöffigkeit einen wirtschaftlichen Betrieb rechtfertigt
Windhose
Wind ho se Substantiv, feminin Meteorologie , die |W i ndhose |Wirbelwind über erhitztem Boden, der große Mengen Sand, Staub aufwirbelt, nach oben saugt
Windhuk
Wind huk Eigenname |W i ndhuk |Hauptstadt von Namibia
Windhund
Wind hund Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndhund |verdeutlichende Zusammensetzung mit gleichbedeutend älter: Wind (mittelhochdeutsch, althochdeutsch wint ), wohl zu mittelhochdeutsch Winden, althochdeutsch Winida = germanische Bezeichnung der Slawen, also eigentlich = wendischer (= slawischer ) Hund 1 großer Hund mit langem, schmalem Körper, schmalem Kopf, langem, kräftigem Schwanz und seidigem [langhaarigem ] Fell 2 umgangssprachlich abwertend leichtsinniger, oberflächlicher, unzuverlässiger Mann
windig
win dig Adjektiv |w i ndig |mittelhochdeutsch windic 1 durch einen stets herrschenden, immer wieder wehenden Wind gekennzeichnet windiges Wetter | ein windiger Tag | eine windige Ecke | es ist windig draußen 2 umgangssprachlich abwertend keinen soliden Eindruck machend; zweifelhaft ein windiger Bursche | eine windige Angelegenheit
Windjacke
Wind ja cke Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndjacke |sportliche Jacke aus leichtem, meist wasserundurchlässigem Material
Windjammer
Wind jam mer Substantiv, maskulin Seemannssprache , der |W i ndjammer |der Windjammer; Genitiv: des Windjammers, Plural: die Windjammer englisch windjammer, eigentlich etwa = Windpresser, zu: wind = Wind und to jam = kräftig pressen großes Segelschiff
Windkanal
Wind ka nal Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndkanal |1 Vorrichtung, in der Modelle von Körpern, besonders von Fahrzeugen, einem Luftstrom ausgesetzt werden, um ihre aerodynamischen Eigenschaften zu bestimmen 2 (bei der Orgel ) Röhre aus Holz, durch die der Wind 2a vom Gebläse oder Blasebalg zum Windkasten geleitet wird
Windkasten
Wind kas ten Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndkasten |(bei bestimmten Musikinstrumenten, besonders bei der Orgel ) luftdichter [kastenförmiger ] Behälter, in dem die zum Spielen benötigte Luft gespeichert wird
Windkraft
Wind kraft Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndkraft |vgl. Windenergie
Windkraftanlage
Wind kraft an la ge Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndkraftanlage |Anlage zur Gewinnung elektrischer Energie aus der natürlichen Energie der Strömung des Windes mithilfe von Rotoren, Turbinen, Windrädern o. Ä.
Windkraftwerk
Wind kraft werk Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndkraftwerk |Windkraftanlage
Windlade
Wind la de Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndlade |(bei der Orgel ) flacher, rechteckiger, luftdichter Kasten aus Holz, auf dem die Pfeifen stehen und in dem durch Ventile die Zufuhr des Windes 2a zu den Pfeifen gesteuert wird
Windlicht
Wind licht Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndlicht |durch einen Behälter aus Glas geschütztes Wachslicht
Windmacher
Wind ma cher Substantiv, maskulin umgangssprachlich , der |W i ndmacher |Wichtigtuer
Windmacherei
Wind ma che rei Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndmacher ei |
Windmacherin
Wind ma che rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndmacherin |
Windmaschine
Wind ma schi ne Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndmaschine |1 Theater Gerät, mit dessen Hilfe die Geräusche des Windes nachgeahmt werden 2 Film Maschine, mit der künstlich Wind erzeugt wird
Windmesser
Wind mes ser Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndmesser |Messgerät zur Bestimmung der Geschwindigkeit des Windes; Anemometer
Windmotor
Wind mo tor Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndmotor |Windrad
Windmühle
Wind müh le Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndmühle |Mühle, die durch die Kraft des Windes mithilfe von großen Flügeln angetrieben wird eine alte, holländische Windmühle gegen Windmühlen /mit Windmühlen kämpfen einen aussichtslosen, sinnlosen Kampf führen nach einem Abenteuer des Don Quichotte
Windmühlenflügel
Wind müh len flü gel Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndmühlenflügel | Flügel 2b einer Windmühle gegen Windmühlenflügel /mit Windmühlenflügeln kämpfen Windmühle
Window
Win dow Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das |ˈwɪndoʊ |das Window; Genitiv: des Window [s ], Plural: die Windows englisch window, eigentlich = Fenster 1a , < mittelenglisch windoge, windowe, aus dem Altnordischen Fenster 3
Windows
Win dows Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das ® |ˈwɪndoʊz |das Windows; Genitiv: des Windows Plural von englisch window, Window ein weitverbreitetes Betriebssystem
Windowshopping
Win dow shop ping Substantiv, Neutrum , das das Windowshopping; Genitiv: des Windowshoppings englisch window-shopping, zu Shopping Schaufensterbummel Windowshopping machen
Windpark
Wind park Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndpark |Gelände mit mehreren Windkraftanlagen der Windpark soll 200 Gigawattstunden Strom pro Jahr liefern
Windpocken
Wind po cken Pluralwort , die |W i ndpocken |Pluraletantum besonders bei Kleinkindern auftretende Infektionskrankheit mit einem Hautausschlag in Form kleiner, roter Flecken und Bläschen Windpocken haben, bekommen
Windrad
Wind rad Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndrad |Kraftmaschine zum Antreiben anderer Maschinen, Generatoren o. Ä., die ihrerseits mithilfe verschieden geformter, an einem Rad befestigter Flügel 2b durch den Wind angetrieben wird
Windrädchen
Wind räd chen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndrädchen |Spielzeug für kleine Kinder, bei dem sich ein drehbar an einem Stöckchen befestigtes kleines Rad mit Flügeln 2b aus leichtem, buntem Material im Wind dreht
Windrichtung
Wind rich tung Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndrichtung |Richtung, aus der ein Wind weht die Windrichtung bestimmen
Windröschen
Wind rös chen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndröschen |Anemone
Windrose
Wind ro se Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndrose |die Darstellung erinnert entfernt an eine Rosenblüte (besonders auf einem Kompass ) auf einem Kreis, einer runden Scheibe eingezeichnete sternförmige Darstellung der Himmelsrichtungen, die häufig auch mit einer kreisförmig angeordneten Gradeinteilung versehen ist
Winds
Winds Pluralwort , die |wɪndz |die Winds (Plural ) englische Bezeichnung für: Blasinstrumente des Orchesters
Windsack
Wind sack Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndsack |an einem Mast drehbar angebrachter, leicht konisch geformter, an beiden Seiten offener Sack, der (besonders an Autobahnen und Flugplätzen ) die Windrichtung und -stärke anzeigt
Windsbraut
Winds braut Substantiv, feminin dichterisch , die |W i ndsbraut |die Windsbraut; Genitiv: der Windsbraut < nur mit bestimmtem Artikel > mittelhochdeutsch windesbrut, althochdeutsch wintes prūt, eigentlich = Braut, Geliebte des Windes; im alten Volksglauben wurde der Wirbelwind wohl als weibliches Wesen aufgefasst Wirbelwind; heftig brausender Wind
Windschatten
Wind schat ten Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndschatten |windgeschützte Seite; windgeschützter Bereich der Windschatten eines Berges, Waldes | im Windschatten eines Lastwagens fahren
windschief
wind schief Adjektiv |w i ndschief |eigentlich = gewunden schief (auf Bäume mit Drehwuchs bezogen ), zu winden 1 oft abwertend nicht [mehr ] richtig gerade, aufrecht, sondern schief verzogen eine windschiefe Hütte | die Pfosten stehen ganz windschief 2 Geometrie (von Geraden im Raum ) nicht parallel und sich nicht schneidend
windschlüpfig
wind schlüp fig Adjektiv windschnittig |w i ndschlüpfig |eine Form aufweisend, die dem Wind, einem Luftstrom nur geringen Widerstand bietet ein windschlüpfiges Modell | eine windschlüpfig gebaute Karosserie
windschnittig
wind schnit tig Adjektiv windschlüpfig |w i ndschnittig |eine Form aufweisend, die dem Wind, einem Luftstrom nur geringen Widerstand bietet
Windschutz
Wind schutz Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndschutz |a Schutz vor der Einwirkung des Windes die Hütte steht im Windschutz eines Hügels b etwas, was einen Windschutz a bietet
Windschutzscheibe
Wind schutz schei be Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndschutzscheibe |vordere Scheibe eines Kraftfahrzeugs; Frontscheibe die Windschutzscheibe reinigen | er prallte mit dem Kopf gegen die Windschutzscheibe
Windschutzstreifen
Wind schutz strei fen Substantiv, maskulin Landwirtschaft , der |W i ndschutzstreifen |
Windseite
Wind sei te Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndseite |dem Wind zugekehrte Seite die Windseite eines Hauses
Windsor
Wind sor Eigenname |W i ndsor |englische Stadt; Name des englischen Königshauses
Windspiel
Wind spiel Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndspiel |mittelhochdeutsch wintspil, aus: wint (Windhund ) und spil, Spiel 1 Windhund (besonders einer kleineren Rasse )2 Mobile, dessen bewegliche Teile beim Anstoßen Töne erzeugen
Windstärke
Wind stär ke Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndstärke |(in verschiedene Stufen eingeteilte ) Stärke des Windes zurzeit herrscht, haben wir Windstärke 4
windstill
wind still Adjektiv |w i ndstill |vor Wind geschützt; ohne Wind ein windstiller Tag | es war völlig windstill
Windstille
Wind stil le Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndstille |die Windstille; Genitiv: der Windstille, Plural: die Windstillen das Fehlen jeder Luftbewegung
Windstoß
Wind stoß Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndstoß |plötzlich auftretende heftige Luftbewegung
windsurfen
wind sur fen schwaches Verb |w i ndsurfen ˈvɪntsəːfn̩ |schwaches Verb; meist im Infinitiv gebraucht auf einem mit einem Segel ausgestatteten speziellen Brett stehend segeln
Windsurfer
Wind sur fer Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndsurfer |jemand, der Windsurfing betreibt
Windsurferin
Wind sur fe rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndsurferin |weibliche Form zu Windsurfer
Windsurfing
Wind sur fing Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ndsurfing |das Segeln auf einem mit einem Segel ausgerüsteten Surfbrett
Windturbine
Wind tur bi ne Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndturbine | vgl. Windrad
Windung
Win dung Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ndung |die Windung; Genitiv: der Windung, Plural: die Windungen 1 a Bogen des unregelmäßig gekrümmten Verlaufs von etwas die Windungen eines Baches, des Darms | der Weg macht zahlreiche Windungen, führt in Windungen (Serpentinen ) ins Tal b kreisförmiger Bogen des spiralförmigen Verlaufs von etwas die Windungen einer Spule | die Windungen der um die Säulen geschlungenen Girlanden | die Treppe führt in engen Windungen in den ersten Stock hinauf 2 seltener schlangenartige Bewegung die Windungen eines Wurmes beobachten
Windverhältnisse
Wind ver hält nis se Pluralwort , die |W i ndverhältnisse |Pluraletantum durch die Art, Stärke, Richtung o. Ä. des Windes gegebene Verhältnisse, davon abhängiger Zustand es herrschten günstige, ideale Windverhältnisse
Windwurf
Wind wurf Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndwurf |Windbruch die Baumbestände sind zunehmend anfällig für Windwurf und Krankheiten
Windzug
Wind zug Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ndzug |ohne Plural vgl. Luftzug
Spanish Dictionary
windsurf
windsurf nombre masculino Actividad recreativa o deportiva que consiste en deslizarse por el mar sobre una tabla de surf que lleva acoplada una vela; para navegar, la vela se coloca de manera que sea impulsada por la acción del viento, y se maneja mediante un óvalo de madera que va asido al mástil :hay dos modalidades de competición de windsurf: de estilo y de velocidad .SINÓNIMO windsurfing .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘uinsurf ’ o ‘uinserf ’.
windsurfing
windsurfing nombre masculino Windsurf .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘uinsurfin ’ o ‘uinserfin ’.
windsurfista
windsurfista nombre común Persona que practica el windsurf :los windsurfistas prefieren los días ventosos para practicar su deporte .Se pronuncia aproximadamente ‘uinsurfista ’ o ‘uinserfista ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
wind
wind 1 /wɪnd / (! wind 2 とは発音が異なるので注意; ただし, ⦅詩 ⦆では時に /waɪnd /) 〖語源は 「風が吹く 」〗(形 )windy 名詞 複 ~s /-dz /1 C U (自然の )風, (扇などの )風 ; 強風 ▸ That insect was blown by the wind .その虫は風に飛ばされた ▸ The trees are swaying in the wind .木々が風で揺れている ▸ let the wind blow one's sweaty face 汗をかいた顔に風を送る 表現 コーパス 風にまつわる表現 1 …風 ▸ a strong ~強風 (!繰り返される一連の自然現象を暗示する場合は複数形で用いられる:Torrential rain was followed by strong ~s. 豪雨の後には強風がやってきた ) ▸ high ~s 強風 (!複数形で用いる方が普通 ) ▸ a blast [gust ] of ~突風, 一陣の風 ▸ a south ~南 (から吹く )風 ▸ a soft [light, gentle ] ~微風 ▸ a bitter [cold, chill, biting ] ~寒風 ▸ a fair ~順風 ▸ a favorable ~追い風 ▸ a head ~逆風 ▸ hurricane- [storm- ]~s ハリケーン [暴風雨 ]なみの風 2 風が [は ]…▸ A ~ blew from the north .風が北から吹いてきた ▸ The ~ has picked up [was up, got up ] considerably .風の勢いがかなり強まった ▸ The ~ died down .風がぴたっとやんだ ▸ The ~ shifted to the northwest .風向きが北西に変わった ▸ The ~ finally dropped [⦅かたく ⦆subsided ].風はやっとおさまった ▸ The ~ was howling .風がヒュウヒュウと音を立てていた ▸ There's a lot of ~ today .今日は風が強い (!⦅話 ⦆ではIt 's windy today. の方が普通 ) 類義 コーパス windとbreeze, gale, blast, gust wind は風の意味の最も一般的な語. breeze は比較的ゆるやかで心地よい 「そよ風 」や 「微風 」をさす 〘気象学上は秒速1.6--13.8m 〙. gale はかなりの速度と力で破壊力をもつ 「強風 」 〘同秒速13.9--28.4m 〙. blast と gust はともに 「突風 」を表すが, blastの方が長くて強い風を表し, 人工的に作られた風や比喩的にほかの意味でも多く用いる. gustも比喩的な意味で用いるが, 突風の意では通例a (strong ) gust of windの形で用いる (!blastではstrongを伴うのは ⦅比較的まれ ⦆) .2 U 呼吸 , 息 (breath ); 呼吸力 ▸ get one's wind (back )(運動後に休んで )呼吸が整う 3 C 影響力, 傾向, 勢い, 動向 ▸ a wind [the winds ] of change in China 中国における情勢の変化 ▸ the cold wind of recession 不況のあらし .4 U 気配, きざし ; うわさ, 秘密 .5 U ⦅英 ⦆(胃腸内の )ガス , おなら (⦅米 ⦆gas ).6 〖the ~(s )〗管楽器 ; 〖集合的に; 単複両扱い 〗(オーケストラの )管楽器部 (wind section ).7 U ⦅くだけて ⦆むだ話 (nonsense ); たわごと, ほら .8 U (風が運ぶ )動物のにおい .before the w í nd 〈船が 〉追い風で, 順風を受けて ▸ The ship was running before the wind .船が追い風を受けて帆走していた be sp ì tting [p ì ssing ] in [into ] the w í nd ⦅話 ⦆むだな努力をしている .be wh ì stling in the w í nd 〈約束 要求 声明などが 〉実現不可能である, 夢のような話である .br è ak w í nd ⦅英 ⦆おならをする .g è t [h à ve ] the w í nd ù p ⦅英話 ⦆〈人が 〉 «…のことで » ぎょっとする, ぞっとする «about » .g è t [c à tch ] w í nd of A ⦅くだけて ⦆(たまたま )【人から聞いて 】Aのことを知る, かぎつける, Aに気がつく «from » ▸ I first caught wind of it from my friend .私は最初そのうわさを友人から聞いた in the w í nd 1 風を受けて ▸ Her hair was blowing in the wind .彼女は風に髪をなびかせていた 2 (それがいつかはわからないが )〈考え 計画 変化などが 〉密かに準備されて, 起ころうとして ▸ Change is in the wind .変化が起きようとしている 3 宙に浮いて, 未定で .into the w í nd 風上に向かって ; 風に面して .kn ò ck the w í nd ò ut of A =kn ò ck A's w ì nd ó ut (強打のショックで )A 〈人 〉が息ができなくなる .l è ave A tw ì sting [sw ì nging ] in the w í nd =l è t A tw ì st [sw ì ng ] in the w í nd (自分の利益となるので )A 〈困っている人など 〉を助けないでおく .like the w í nd (風のように )速く, 急いで, 飛ぶように (!しばしばgo, run, drive, rideなどの 動詞 と共に ) .on the w í nd 風に乗って ▸ The sound was carried on the wind .その音は風に乗って運ばれた p ù t the w í nd up A ⦅英話 ⦆〈人 物 事が 〉 «…で » A 〈人 〉をぎょっとさせる, ぞっとさせる, 驚かせる «with » .s à il cl ò se to the w í nd 1 〘海 〙一杯開きで進む 〘船首を風の方向へできるだけ近づけて走らせる 〙.2 〈人が 〉法律違反すれすれのことをする, 危ない橋を渡る .t à ke the w í nd out of A's s á ils ⦅くだけて ⦆【思いがけない言動で 】A 〈人 〉の自信を失わせる, Aを出し抜く «with » .thr ò w [sc à tter, t ò ss ] A to the w í nd (s )⦅しばしばおどけて ⦆A 〈警戒心 不安 思い出など 〉をさっぱりと捨て去る ▸ I decided to toss caution to the winds .私は一か八か賭けてみることにした which w à y [h ò w ] the w ì nd is bl ó wing [bl ó ws ](世間の )情勢がどの方向に動いているか [どうなっているか ]▸ We're going to do it no matter how the wind is blowing .情勢がどう変ろうとも我々はそれをやるつもりだ 動詞 他動詞 1 〖通例be ~ed 〗息が切れる ▸ He was winded when he got to the top .頂上に着いたら彼は息を切らしていた 2 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆(背中を軽くたたいて )〈赤ん坊 〉にげっぷをさせる (burp ).~́ br è aker ウインドブレーカー .~́ ch ì me ウインドチャイム, 風鈴 .~́ f à rm 風力発電基地 .~́ g à uge 風力 [速 ]計 .~́ ì nstrument 管楽器 .~́ sc à le 〘気象 〙風力階級 (→Beaufort scale ).~́ sh è ar 〘空 〙ウインドシアー, 晴天乱流 .~́ t ù nnel 〘空 〙(航空模型実験用 )風洞 .~́ t ù rbine (風力発電用 )風車 .
wind
wind 2 /waɪnd / (! wind 1 とは発音が異なるので注意 ) 〖語源は 「急いで行く 」〗動詞 ~s /-dz /; wound /waʊnd /; ~ing (!過去形はwound 1 / wuːnd /と混同しないこと ) . 他動詞 1 «…に » 〈物 〉を巻きつける , 巻く «around, on » ; «…で » …を巻く «with » ; «…に » …を包む «in » ; 〈糸など 〉を巻いて 【玉状に 】する (up ) «into » ▸ wind a scarf around one's neck 首にスカーフを巻く ▸ wind a baby in a blanket 赤ん坊を毛布にくるむ ▸ wind the wool into a ball 毛糸を巻いて玉にする 2 〈時計など 〉(のねじ )を巻く ; (ねじなどを巻いて )〈物 〉を動かす (up ); 〈取っ手など 〉を回す ▸ wind one's watch 腕時計を巻く 3 (ウインチなどで )〈物 〉を巻き上げる .自動詞 1 〖~ +副詞 〗〈道 川 人などが 〉曲がりくねって進む (!副詞 は経路 方向などの表現 ) ▸ The river winds through the forest [(down ) to the sea ].その川は蛇行して森の中を [海へと ]流れている .2 «…に » 巻きつく, からむ «around » ▸ a vine winding around the tree 木にからみついたブドウのつる .3 〖~ +副詞 〗〈時計などが 〉巻かれる (!副詞 は様態の表現 ) .4 〈板などが 〉そる .w ì nd b á ck «…まで » テープ [フィルム ]を巻き戻す «to » .w ì nd A b á ck [b á ck A ] «…まで » A 〈テープ フィルムなど 〉を巻き戻す «to » .w ì nd d ó wn 1 〈ぜんまいが 〉ゆるんで止まる .2 〈人が 〉 (仕事 緊張などの後に )くつろぐ .3 〈活動などが 〉徐々に終わりに向かう ; 〈会社などが 〉徐々に事業を縮小する .w ì nd A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 A 〈活動 事業など 〉を徐々に縮小させる .2 ⦅英 ⦆(取っ手を回して ボタンで操作して )A 〈窓など 〉を下げる .w ì nd A f ó rward «…まで » A 〈テープ フィルムなど 〉を早送りする «to » .w ì nd A ó ff [ó ff A ]A 〈巻いた物 〉を巻き戻す .w ì nd ó n ⦅英 ⦆〈カメラが 〉フィルムを巻き送る .w ì nd one's w á y 1 〖~+副詞 〗〈道 川 人などが 〉曲がりくねって進む (!副詞 は経路 方向などの表現 ) ▸ The trail winds its way up to the summit .その道は蛇行しながら山頂へと続いている .2 «…を » うまいこと手に入れる «into » ▸ He wound his way into her confidence .彼はまんまと彼女の信用を得た w ì nd ú p 1 ⦅くだけて ⦆(意に反して )結局 …することになる, 最後には …に至る (!前置詞句 動名 形容詞 などを伴う ) ▸ wind up in prison [with a tragedy ]結局刑務所行きになる [悲劇に終わる ]▸ The boy wound up dead .その少年の命は結局助からなかった ▸ wind up paying $100 in fines 罰金で100ドルを払うはめになる .2 «…で » (演説 会議などを )終える, しめくくる «with » .3 〘野球 〙〈投手が 〉ワインドアップする .w ì nd A ú p [ú p A ]1 ↑他動詞 1 , 2 .2 «…で » A 〈演説 会議など 〉を終わらせる, しめくくる «with » .3 ⦅英 ⦆A 〈会社 事業など 〉をたたむ, (完全に )閉鎖する .4 ⦅主に英 くだけて ⦆(ふざけて )A 〈人 〉にわざと心配する [いらだつ ]ようなことをする [言う ], A 〈人 〉を怒らせる, 動揺させる .5 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆(ふざけて )A 〈人 〉をだます .6 ⦅英 ⦆(取っ手を回して ボタンで操作して )A 〈窓など 〉を上げる .7 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆〖be wound up 〗 «…に » 緊張 [興奮 ]した «about » ▸ be [get ] wound up before the game 試合前に緊張している [する ]名詞 C 1 曲がっていること , 曲がり , うねり , 回すこと ▸ give another wind もう一度回す 2 (時計 糸などの )一回り , 一巻き .
wind
wind 3 /waɪnd , ⦅米 ⦆wɪnd /動詞 ~s ; ~ed, wound /waʊnd /; ~ing 他動詞 ⦅詩 ⦆〈笛 らっぱなど 〉を吹き鳴らす .
windbag
w í nd b à g /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 1 ⦅くだけて ⦆おしゃべりな人, 駄弁家 .2 バグパイプの空気袋 .
windblown
w í nd bl ò wn /wɪ́n (d )-/形容詞 1 風に吹かれた ; 吹きさらしの ; 〈木が 〉風の影響で形のゆがんだ .2 ウインドブロウンの 〘短くカールした髪を前方になでつけた女性の髪型 〙.
windbreak
w í nd br è ak /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 風よけ 〘塀 垣根 樹木など 〙; 防風林 .
windbreaker
w í nd br è aker /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C ⦅米 ⦆ウインドブレーカー (⦅英 ⦆windcheater ) 〘防風ジャンパー; もと商標でW -〙.
windburn
w í nd b ù rn /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C U 風焼け 〘皮膚炎 〙.
windcheater
w í nd ch è ater /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 ⦅英 ⦆=windbreaker .
windchill
w í nd ch ì ll /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 U 風の冷却効果 (windchill factor ).
winded
wind ed /wɪ́ndɪd /形容詞 息を切らした ; 〖複合語で 〗息が …の ▸ short- winded 息切れする
Windermere
Win der mere /wɪ́ndə r mɪ̀ə r /名詞 ウインダミア湖 〘Lake ~; イングランド最大の湖 〙.
windfall
w í nd f à ll /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 1 思いもよらず手に入ったもの 〘遺産など 〙; 棚ぼた . ▸ windfall gains [profits ]思いがけない利益 .2 風で落ちた果物 .~́ t à x 超過利潤に対する課税 .
Windhoek
Wind hoek /wɪ́ndhʊk, vɪ́nt -/名詞 ウイントフーク 〘ナミビアの首都 〙.
winding
wind ing /wáɪndɪŋ /形容詞 〈道 川などが 〉曲がりくねった ; 巻きつく ; 〈階段などが 〉らせん状の ; 屈曲する .名詞 U C 巻くこと, 巻いたもの ; 屈曲 ; 曲がった部分 .~́ sh è et 経かたびら .
windjammer
wind jam mer /wɪ́n (d )dʒæ̀mə r /名詞 C 帆船 .
windlass
wind lass /wɪ́ndləs /名詞 C ウインドラス, 巻き上げ機 〘通例手回し式のもの; →winch 〙.動詞 他動詞 …をウインドラスで巻き上げる .
windless
w í nd less /wɪ́n (d )-/形容詞 風のない, 穏やかな .
windmill
w í nd m ì ll /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 1 (製粉場や水揚げ機などの )風車, 風車小屋 ; (風力発電用 )風車, タービン .2 (おもちゃの )かざぐるま (⦅米 ⦆pinwheel ).f ì ght [t ì lt at ] w í ndmills 空想の敵 [悪事 ]と戦う, ひとり相撲をとる 〘Don Quixoteの物語より 〙.
window
win dow /wɪ́ndoʊ /〖wind 1 (風の )ow (目 ); もとは風通しのために作った壁穴 〗名詞 複 ~s /-z /C 1 窓 ▸ open [close ] the window 窓を開ける [閉める ]▸ look through [out (of )] the window 窓越しに見る [窓の外を見る ]▸ lean out of the window 窓から体を乗り出す ▸ leave the window open 窓を開けたままにする 2 窓ガラス (windowpane ); 窓枠 (window frame )▸ break the window 窓ガラスを割る .3 ショーウインドー , 陳列窓 ▸ stare inside the shop window 店のショーウインドーの中をじっと見つめる 4 (銀行 駅などの )窓口 , 受付 ▸ cash a check at a teller window 出納窓口で小切手を現金化する 5 (外見 機能が )窓に似たもの ▸ the window of an envelope 封筒の窓 6 (コンピュータ画面上に開かれた )ウインドウ , 窓 ▸ an active window 操作中のウインドウ 7 ⦅文 比喩的に ⦆〖単数形で 〗 «…への » 窓 , «…を » 知る [学ぶ ]手段 «on, to, into, onto » ▸ The Internet is a window on the world .インターネットは世界への窓だ .8 (活動などが可能な限定された )短い期間 ▸ a window of opportunity 一瞬の好機 g ò [fl ỳ, disapp è ar ] out (of ) the w í ndow ⦅くだけて ⦆〈考えなどが 〉完全に消え去る .~́ b ò x 窓の外に置く植木箱 .~́ cl è aner 窓の清掃人 .~́ dr è sser (商品を飾り付ける )ショーウインドー装飾家 .~́ dr è ssing 1 見せかけ, 見かけ倒し .2 ショーウインドーの飾り付け (技術 ).~́ è nvelope 窓付き封筒 .~́ s à sh 窓サッシ .~́ s è at 1 (乗り物の )窓側の座席 (!window-seatともつづる ) .2 (部屋の )窓際に据え付けられたいす .~́ sh à de ⦅米 ⦆日よけ, ブラインド (blind ).~́ s ì ll 窓敷居 .~́ ù nit 窓用エアコン .~́ w à sher 窓ふき屋 .~ed 形容詞 ~less 形容詞 ~l ì ke 形容詞
windowpane
w í ndow p à ne 名詞 C (はめてある )窓ガラス .
Windows
W í n dows 名詞 ⦅商標 ⦆〘コンピュ 〙ウインドウズ 〘米国のMicrosoft社が開発した基本ソフト 〙.
window-shop
w í ndow-sh ò p 動詞 →shop 自動詞 ウインドーショッピングをする, 買わずにショーウインドーだけのぞいて歩く .
window-shopping
w í ndow-sh ò pping 名詞 U ウインドーショッピング .
windpipe
w í nd p ì pe /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 気管 (trachea ), のど笛 .
windscreen
w í nd scr è en /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C ⦅英 ⦆=windshield 1 .~́ w à sher fl ù id フロントガラスの洗浄液 .~́ w ì per ⦅英 ⦆=windshield wiper .
windshield
w í nd sh ì eld /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 1 ⦅米 ⦆(自動車などの )フロントガラス (→car ) (!「フロントガラス 」は和製英語 ) .2 (バイクの )風よけガラス .~́ w ì per ⦅米 ⦆(自動車などの )ワイパー .
windsock
w í nd s ò ck /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 風見用円錐 (すい )筒, 吹流し .
Windsor
Wind sor /wɪ́nzə r /名詞 1 ウインザー 〘英国Berkshire州東部の都市; 英国王室Windsor Castleの所在地でEton Collegeがある 〙.2 ウインザー王家 〘the House of ~; 英国の現在の王室 (1917 --)〙.
windstorm
w í nd st ò rm /wɪ́n (d )-/名詞 C 暴風 .
windsurfer
w í nd s ù rfer 名詞 C ウインドサーファー .
windsurfing
w í nd s ù rfing 名詞 U ウインドサーフィン .
windswept
w í nd sw è pt /wɪ́n (d )-/形容詞 1 〈場所が 〉風に吹きさらされた, 吹きさらしの .2 〈髪などが 〉強風を受けたように乱れた .
windup
wind up /wáɪndʌ̀p /名詞 C 1 ⦅くだけて ⦆結末 (conclusion ), 終結, 終了 .2 〘野球 〙(投手の投球前の )ワインドアップ .3 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆挑発 .
windward
wind ward /wɪ́ndwə r d / (!(↔leeward )) 名詞 U 風上 (の方 ).g è t to w í ndward of A においを避けてAの風上に出る ; Aを出しぬく, Aより優勢な地歩を占める .形容詞 風上の方の [側の ], 風上に向かっている .副詞 風上の方へ .W -̀ Í slands 〖the ~〗ウインドワード諸島 〘西インド諸島南東部の諸島 〙.
wind-whipped
w í nd-wh ì pped /-t /形容詞 強風に吹かれた .
windy
wind y /wɪ́ndi /→wind 1 形容詞 -ier ; -iest 1 風の強い (↔windless )▸ It is windy .風が強い ▸ a windy day 風の強い日 2 〈場所が 〉風当たりの強い , 強い風の吹く ▸ a windy rooftop 吹きさらしの屋上 3 ⦅くだけて ⦆〈話が 〉 (言葉ばかり多くて )中身のない , 空疎な ; 〈人 話が 〉大げさな .4 ⦅英 ⦆(腸に )ガスが生じて .5 ⦅英 くだけて やや古 ⦆〖be ~〗びくびくした (nervous ).6 (風のように )速い , 激しい .W -̀ C í ty 〖the ~〗風の都 〘米国Illinois州Chicago市の愛称 〙.w í nd i ly 副詞 風が強く, 強風を受けて .w í nd i ness 名詞