单词 | upwind |
释义 | upwindv. a. intransitive. To fly up. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move in the air [verb (intransitive)] > fly (as) with wings > fly up upwinda1325 mountc1350 upfly1557 flurr1681 climb1874 upwing1885 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2988 He smot..on ðe lond, And gnattes hird ðor ðicke up-wond. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > move through the air [verb (transitive)] > pursue (a flight) > upwards uptakea1325 upwinda1325 soar1659 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3084 A suðen wind is flig[t] up-wond, And blew ðat day and al ðat nigt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] to make an endc893 afilleOE endc975 fullOE full-doOE full-workOE fullendOE fullfremeOE full-forthlOE fillc1175 fulfilc1300 complec1315 asum1340 full-make1340 performa1382 finisha1400 accomplishc1405 cheve1426 upwindc1440 perfurnish?c1450 sumc1450 perimplish1468 explete?a1475 fullcome1477 consume1483 consomme1489 perimplenish1499 perfect1512 perfinish1523 complete1530 consummate1530 do1549 to run out1553 perfectionate1570 win1573 outwork1590 to bring about1598 exedifya1617 to do up1654 ratifyc1720 ultimate1849 terminate1857 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. vii. 47 Thus shal an ox in dayes fewe vpwynde An heruest al. 3. a. To wind, coil, or roll up (something). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself windc1325 wrap?1523 to roll up1530 wreathe1530 upwind1560 twist1582 twinec1585 circumvolute1599 bottom1612 rolla1616 overwhelm1634 1560 Nice Wanton 51 Barn. Learne..to spyn and sowe... Ism. Spyn, quod ha? Yea, by the masse, and with youre heles vp-wynd. 1630 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion (rev. ed.) 67 The motion of a swift & euer-whirling wheele, which twinneth forth and againe vp-windeth our life? b. To raise or hoist by winding. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise by mechanical instrument > with a winch, crank, etc. to wind upc1275 winch1529 upwind1600 parbuckle1768 crank1883 whorl1886 to turn up1911 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. vii. 268 Her anchors she vpwound, And lanched foorth to sea her pinnesse flit. 4. intransitive. To become coiled up. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [verb (intransitive)] > become coiled up upwind1616 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 256 Speckd snakes..which turninge round, out sprange at length, and in againe vpwound. 5. To wind upwards. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > rise or go up in other manner upsmite1446 spire1607 eruct1666 uptoss1828 upshoot1876 hulk1880 upwind1880 fountain1903 bob-up1935 1880 S. Lanier Sunrise 103 Low multitudinous stirring Upwinds through the woods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : up-windadv.adj. < v.a1325 see also |
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