windnoun
uk/wɪnd/us/wɪnd/wind noun (CURRENT OF AIR)
A1 [ C or U ] a current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt:
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- The last part of the course was hard because I was running against the wind.
- The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area.
- A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
- Hurricane force winds are expected tonight.
- The town is kept cool by the prevailing westerly winds.
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- prevailing
- sigh
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- westerly
- wind gauge
- windsock
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wind noun (BREATH)
[ U ] mainly UK breath or the ability to breathe:
[ U ] UK informal disapproving words that do not mean anything and false statements:
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Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic
- asphyxia
- breathable
- breathe
- breathing
- breathless
- gasp
- heave
- huff
- intake
- respiration
- respiratory
- sigh
- sleep apnoea
- strangle
- strangulate
- suffocate
- suffocating
- winded
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wind noun (BOWELS)
[ U ] UK US gas gas in the bowels or in a baby's stomach, especially when this makes you feel uncomfortable or makes noises:
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Digestive disorders
- achalasia
- acid reflux
- amebic dysentery
- amoebic dysentery
- bellyache
- bilious
- bloat
- bowel incontinence
- cholera
- colic
- dyspeptic
- gastritis
- ileitis
- incontinence
- irritable bowel syndrome
- merycism
- mesenteric ischaemia
- mesenteric panniculitis
- occlusion
- upset
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US also the winds the group of woodwind instruments (= ones played by blowing into a hole near one end)and their players in an orchestra
Idiom(s)
windverb [ T ]
uk/wɪnd/us/wɪnd/windedwind verb [ T ] (BREATH)
to make it difficult or temporarily impossible for someone to breathe, usually by hitting them in the stomach
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- bunch
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- swing
- thump
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wind verb [ T ] (BOWELS)
UK US burp to rub or very gently hit a baby on the back to allow air to come up from the stomach
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Noises made by the body
- belch
- blow
- break
- break wind idiom
- burp
- clear
- cough
- fart
- footfall
- footstep
- grumble
- hiccup
- sneeze
- snore
- snort
- wheeze
- yawn