| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| Sounds | way'nd; wih'nd |
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| Rhymes | aligned, assigned, behind, and 39 more rhymes in aynd at the HyperDic website... |
| chagrined, destined, downwind, and 14 more rhymes in ihnd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. |
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| Examples | "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row" |
| Synonyms | air current, current of air |
| Narrower | airstream; calm air; breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air; chinook, chinook wind, snow eater; harmattan; crosswind; fohn, foehn; khamsin; Santa Ana; high wind; headwind; katabatic wind, catabatic wind; tailwind; doldrums, the doldrums; east wind, easter, easterly; northwest wind, northwester; southwester, sou'wester; southeaster, sou'easter; gale; gust, blast, blow; monsoon; monsoon; north wind, norther, boreas; prevailing wind; simoom, simoon, samiel; south wind, souther, southerly; squall; thermal; draft, draught; west wind, wester |
| Broader | weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition |
| Substances | air |
| Adjectives | aeolian |
| Meaning | A tendency or force that influences events. |
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| Examples | "the winds of change" |
| Broader | influence |
| Meaning | Breath. |
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| Examples | "the collision knocked the wind out of him" |
| Broader | exhalation, expiration, breathing out |
| Meaning | Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk. |
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| Examples | "that's a lot of wind" |
| Synonyms | idle words, jazz, nothingness |
| Broader | talk, talking |
| Meaning | An indication of potential opportunity. |
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| Synonyms | tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint |
| Broader | guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction |
| Meaning | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
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| Synonyms | wind instrument |
| Parts | bell; mouthpiece, embouchure |
| Narrower | bagpipe, pipes; brass; free-reed instrument; kazoo; ocarina, sweet potato; organ, pipe organ; organ pipe, pipe, pipework; panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx; pipe, tabor pipe; post horn; woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood |
| Broader | musical instrument, instrument |
| Meaning | A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus. |
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| Synonyms | fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind |
| Broader | reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction |
| Meaning | The act of winding or twisting. |
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| Examples | "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" |
| Synonyms | winding, twist |
| Broader | rotation, rotary motion |
| Verbs | wind |
| Meaning | To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "the river winds through the hills" |
| Synonyms | weave, thread, meander, wander |
| Narrower | snake |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Similar to | wander |
| Meaning | Extend in curves and turns. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The road winds around the lake" |
| Synonyms | curve |
| Narrower | circumvolute; spiral; snake |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Wrap or coil around. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Model | They wind the wire around the stick; The wires wind around the stick |
| Synonyms | wrap, roll, twine |
| Narrower | spool; reel; ball; clue, clew; coil, loop, curl |
| Broader | move, displace |
| Contrary | unwind, wind off, unroll |
| Nouns | winder; winder |
| Meaning | Catch the scent of. Get wind of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | scent, nose |
| Broader | smell |
| Meaning | Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "wind your watch" |
| Synonyms | wind up |
| Entails | turn |
| Broader | tighten, fasten |
| Nouns | winder; wind; winder |
| Meaning | Form into a wreath. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | wreathe |
| Broader | intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace |
| Meaning | Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | hoist, lift |
| Narrower | trice, trice up |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up |