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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. |
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To entwist; to infold; to encircle. |
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To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. |
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To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. |
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To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
wind a rope with twine. |
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To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about
anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a
pole. |
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To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend;
to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees. |
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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. |
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The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a
winding. |
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Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a
current of air. |
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Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. |
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Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by
an instrument. |
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Power of respiration; breath. |
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Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence;
as, to be troubled with wind. |
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Air impregnated with an odor or scent. |
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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. |
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A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended
with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs
immediately after shearing. |
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Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. |
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The dotterel. |
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To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. |
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To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
the hounds winded the game. |
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To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse,
so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. |
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To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be
recovered; to breathe. |
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To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with
prolonged and mutually involved notes. |
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