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wind1

  (wĭnd) pronunciation
n.
    1. Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
    2. A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
    1. The direction from which a movement of air comes: The wind is north-northwest.
    2. A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass: the four winds.
  3. Moving air carrying sound, an odor, or a scent.
    1. Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration: had the wind knocked out of them.
    2. Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.
  5. Music.
    1. The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra. Often used in the plural.
    2. Wind instruments or their players considered as a group. Often used in the plural.
    3. Woodwinds. Often used in the plural.
    1. Something that disrupts or destroys: the winds of war.
    2. A tendency; a trend: the winds of change.
  7. Information, especially of something concealed; intimation: Trouble will ensue if wind of this scandal gets out.
    1. Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage: His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.
    2. Vain self-importance; pomposity: an expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.
tr.v., wind·ed, wind·ing, winds.
  1. To expose to free movement of air; ventilate or dry.
    1. To detect the smell of; catch a scent of.
    2. To pursue by following a scent.
  3. To cause to be out of or short of breath.
  4. To afford a recovery of breath: stopped to wind and water the horses.
idioms:

before the wind Nautical.

  1. In the same direction as the wind.
close to the wind Nautical.
  1. As close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.
in the wind
  1. Likely to occur; in the offing: Big changes are in the wind.
near the wind
  1. Nautical. Close to the wind.
  2. Close to danger.
off the wind Nautical.
  1. In a direction away from the wind.
on (or into or down) the wind Nautical.
  1. In the same or nearly the same direction as the wind.
take the wind out of (one's) sails
  1. To rob of an advantage; deflate.
under the wind
  1. Nautical. To the leeward.
  2. In a location protected from the wind.
up the wind Nautical.
  1. In a direction opposite or nearly opposite the wind.

[Middle English, from Old English.]


wind2 (wīnd) pronunciation

v., wound (wound), wind·ing, winds.

v.tr.
  1. To wrap (something) around a center or another object once or repeatedly: wind string around a spool.
  2. To wrap or encircle (an object) in a series of coils; entwine: wound her injured leg with a bandage; wound the waist of the gown with lace and ribbons.
    1. To go along (a curving or twisting course): wind a path through the mountains.
    2. To proceed on (one's way) with a curving or twisting course.
  4. To introduce in a disguised or devious manner; insinuate: He wound a plea for money into his letter.
  5. To turn (a crank, for example) in a series of circular motions.
    1. To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example: wind a watch.
    2. To coil (thread, for example), as onto a spool or into a ball.
    3. To remove or unwind (thread, for example), as from a spool: wound the line off the reel.
  7. To lift or haul by means of a windlass or winch: Wind the pail to the top of the well.
v.intr.
  1. To move in or have a curving or twisting course: a river winding through a valley.
    1. To move in or have a spiral or circular course: a column of smoke winding into the sky.
    2. To be coiled or spiraled: The vine wound about the trellis.
  3. To be twisted or whorled into curved forms.
  4. To proceed misleadingly or insidiously in discourse or conduct.
  5. To become wound: a clock that winds with difficulty.
n.
  1. The act of winding.
  2. A single turn, twist, or curve.
phrasal verbs:

wind down Informal.

  1. To diminish gradually in energy, intensity, or scope: The party wound down as guests began to leave.
  2. To relax; unwind.
wind up
  1. To come or bring to a finish; end: when the meeting wound up; wind up a project.
  2. To put in order; settle: wound up her affairs before leaving the country.
  3. Informal. To arrive in a place or situation after or because of a course of action: took a long walk and wound up at the edge of town; overspent and wound up in debt.
  4. Baseball. To swing back the arm and raise the foot in preparation for pitching the ball.

[Middle English winden, from Old English windan.]


wind3 (wīnd, wĭnd) pronunciation
tr.v. Music., wind·ed (wīn'dĭd, wĭn'-) or wound (wound), wind·ing, winds.
  1. To blow (a wind instrument).
  2. To sound by blowing.

[From WIND1.]

winder wind'er n.
 
 
Sci-Tech Encyclopedia: Wind

The motion of air relative to the Earth's surface. The term usually refers to horizontal air motion, as distinguished from vertical motion, and to air motion averaged over a chosen period of 1–3 min. Micrometeorological circulations (air motion over periods of the order of a few seconds) and others small enough in extent to be obscured by this averaging are thereby eliminated.

The direct effects of wind near the surface of the Earth are manifested by soil erosion, the character of vegetation, damage to structures, and the production of waves on water surfaces. At higher levels wind directly affects aircraft, missile and rocket operations, and dispersion of industrial pollutants, radioactive products of nuclear explosions, dust, volcanic debris, and other material. Directly or indirectly, wind is responsible for the production and transport of clouds and precipitation and for the transport of cold and warm air masses from one region to another. See also Atmospheric general circulation; Wind measurement.

Cyclonic and anticyclonic circulation are each a portion of the pattern of airflow within which the streamlines (which indicate the pattern of wind direction at any instant) are curved so as to indicate rotation of air about some central point of the cyclone or anticyclone. The rotation is considered cyclonic if it is in the same sense as the rotation of the surface of the Earth about the local vertical, and is considered anticyclonic if in the opposite sense. Thus, in a cyclonic circulation, the streamlines indicate counterclockwise (clockwise for anticylonic) rotation of air about a central point on the Northern Hemisphere or clockwise (counterclockwise for anticyclonic) rotation about a point on the Southern Hemisphere. When the streamlines close completely about the central point, the pattern is denoted respectively a cyclone or an anticyclone. Since the gradient wind represents a good approximation to the actual wind, the center of a cyclone tends strongly to be a point of minimum atmospheric pressure on a horizontal surface. Thus the terms cyclone, low-pressure area, or low are often used to denote essentially the same phenomenon. See also Gradient wind.

Convergent or divergent patterns are said to occur in areas in which the (horizontal) wind flow and distribution of air density is such as to produce a net accumulation or depletion, respectively, of mass of air. The horizontal mass divergence or convergence is intimately related to the vertical component of motion. For example, since local temporal rates of change of air density are relatively small, there must be a net vertical export of mass from a volume in which horizontal mass convergence is taking place. Only thus can the total mass of air within the volume remain approximately constant.

The horizontal mass divergence or convergence is closely related to the circulation. In a convergent wind pattern the circulation of the air tends to become more cyclonic; in a divergent wind pattern the circulation of the air tends to become more anticyclonic. A convergent surface wind field is typical of fronts. As the warm and cold currents impinge at the front, the warm air tends to rise over the cold air, producing the typical frontal band of cloudiness and precipitation. See also Front.

Zonal surface winds patterns result from a longitudinal averaging of the surface circulation. This averaging typically reveals a zone of weak variable winds near the Equator (the doldrums) flanked by northeasterly trade winds in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly trade winds in the Southern Hemisphere, extending poleward in each instance to about latitude 30°. The doldrum belt, particularly at places and times at which it is so narrow that the trade winds from the two hemispheres impinge upon it quite sharply, is designated the intertropical convergence zone, or ITCZ. The resulting convergent wind field is associated with abundant cloudiness and locally heavy rainfall. See also Monsoon meteorology.

Local winds commonly represent modifications by local topography of a circulation of large scale. They are often capricious and violent in nature and are sometimes characterized by extremely low relative humidity. Examples are the mistral which blows down the Rhone Valley in the south of France, the bora which blows down the gorges leading to the coast of the Adriatic Sea, the foehn winds which blow down the Alpine valleys, the williwaws which are characteristic of the fiords of the Alaskan coast and the Aleutian Islands, and the chinook which is observed on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. See also Chinook.

 
Thesaurus: wind1

noun

    A natural movement or current of air: air, blast, blow1, breeze, gust, zephyr. Archaic gale. See breath/breathlessness.

verb

    To expose to circulating air: aerate, air, ventilate. See breath/breathlessness, open/close.
wind2 also wind up

verb

  1. To move or proceed on a repeatedly curving course: coil, corkscrew, curl, entwine, meander, snake, spiral, twine, twist, weave, wreathe. See repetition, straight/bent.
  2. To introduce gradually and slyly: edge, foist, infiltrate, insinuate, work, worm. See enter/exit.

phrasal verb - wind up

    To bring or come to a natural or proper end: close, complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wrap up. See start/end.

 
Antonyms: wind

v

Definition: bend, turn
Antonyms: straighten

 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: wind

Movement of air relative to the surface of the Earth. Wind is an important factor in determining and controlling climate and weather. It is also the generating force of most ocean and freshwater waves. Wind occurs because of horizontal and vertical differences in atmospheric pressure. The general pattern of winds over the Earth is known as the general circulation, and specific winds are named for the direction from which they originate (e.g., a wind blowing from west to east is a westerly). Wind speeds are often classified according to the Beaufort scale.

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Architecture: wind


1. British term for twist.
2. A once-used synonym for warped or wined.

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: wind,
flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e.g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind.

Wind Direction and Velocity

The direction of wind is usually indicated by a thin strip of wood, metal, or plastic (often in the shape of an arrow or a rooster) called a weather vane or weathercock (but more appropriately called a wind vane) that is free to rotate in a horizontal plane. When mounted on an elevated shaft or spire, the vane rotates under the influence of the wind such that its center of pressure rotates to leeward and the vane points into the wind.

Wind velocity is measured by means of an anemometer or radar. The oldest of these is the cup anemometer, an instrument with three or four small hollow metal hemispheres set so that they catch the wind and revolve about a vertical rod; an electrical device records the revolutions of the cups and thus the wind velocity. The pressure tube anemometer, used primarily in Commonwealth nations, is conceptually a Pitot tube mounted on a wind vane. As the wind blows across the tube, a pressure differential is created that can be mathematically related to wind speed. Doppler radar can be used to measure wind speed by shooting pulses of microwaves that are reflected off rain, dust, and other particles in the air, much like the radar guns used by the police to determine the speed of an automobile. Although the U.S. National Weather Service has estimated that tornado winds have reached a velocity of 500 mph (800 kph), the highest wind speeds ever documented, 318 mph (516 kph), were measured using Doppler radar during a tornado in Oklahoma in 1999.

The first successful attempt to standardize the nomenclature of winds of different velocities was the Beaufort scale, devised (c.1805) by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort of the British navy. An adaptation of Beaufort's scale is used by the U.S. National Weather Service; it employs a scale ranging from 0 for calm to 12 for hurricane, each velocity range being identified by its effects on such things as trees, signs, and houses. Winds may also be classified according to their origin and movement, such as heliotropic winds, which include land and sea breezes, and cyclonic winds, which blow counterclockwise in low-pressure regions of the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Prevailing Winds and General Circulation Patterns

Over some zones around the earth, winds blow predominantly in one direction throughout the year and are usually associated with the rotation of the earth; over other areas, the prevailing direction changes with the seasons; winds over most areas also are variable from day to day so that no prevailing direction is evident, such as, for example, the day-to-day changes in local winds associated with storms or clearing skies. Around the equator there is a belt of relatively low pressure known as the doldrums, where the heated air is expanding and rising; at about lat. 30°N and S there are belts of high pressure known as the horse latitudes, regions of descending air; farther poleward, near lat. 60°N and S, are belts of low pressure, where the polar front is located and cyclonic activity is at a maximum; finally there are the polar caps of high pressure.

The prevailing wind systems of the earth blow from the several belts of high pressure toward adjacent low-pressure belts. Because of the earth's rotation (see Coriolis effect), the winds do not blow directly northward or southward to the area of lower pressure, but are deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. The wind systems comprise the trade winds; the prevailing westerlies, moving outward from the poleward sides of the horse-latitude belts toward the 60° latitude belts of low pressure (from the southwest in the Northern Hemisphere and from the northwest in the Southern Hemisphere); and the polar easterlies, blowing outward from the polar caps of high pressure and toward the 60° latitude belts of low pressure.


Global wind patterns

This zonal pattern of winds is displaced northward and southward seasonally because of the inclination of the earth on its axis and the consequent migration of the belts of temperature and pressure. In addition, the pattern is considerably modified by the distribution of land and water, especially in the temperate regions, where temperature differences between land and water are greatest. In winter, areas of high pressure tend to build up over cold continental land masses, while low-pressure development takes place over the adjacent, relatively warm oceans. Exactly the opposite conditions occur during summer, although to a lesser degree. These contrasting pressures over land and water areas are the cause of monsoon winds.

Superimposed upon the general circulation of winds are many lesser disturbances, such as the extratropical cyclone (the common storm of the temperate latitudes), the tropical cyclone, or hurricane, and the tornado; each of these storms moves generally along a path that follows the direction of the prevailing winds but within itself maintains a circulatory wind pattern.

See also chinook; climate; roaring forties; sandstorm; sirocco; weather.

Localized Influences on Wind Patterns

The diurnal, or daily, heating and cooling of land near a lake or ocean of fairly constant temperature causes air to blow toward the relatively warmer land during the day (sea breeze) and toward the relatively warmer water at night (land breeze). These breezes are shallow and seldom penetrate far inland or attain high velocity. Similar diurnal changes occur on mountain slopes, the air in the valley becoming heated and expanding so that it moves up the slope in the daytime, the cold air settling into the valley at night. Friction with the earth's surface, eddies caused by surface irregularities, and inequalities of heating with consequent convection currents tend to reduce wind velocity near the earth's surface and cause winds to blow in gusts.

Bibliography

See A. Watts, Instant Wind Forecasting (1988); P. Gipe, Wind Energy Comes of Age (1995); J. DeBlieu, Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land (1999).

 
Veterinary Dictionary: wind

1. climatic expression of rate of air movement.
2. colloquial expression for ability to run a race without stopping for lack of respiratory reserve.

  • broken w. — see chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • w. direction — has an effect on the speed of spread of an airborne disease, as determined by the population density in different directions, and the temperature which can be expected with winds from each weather quarter.
  • w. dispersal — refers to the direction and distance of spread and the area contaminated by radioactive fallout, fungal spores and other dangerous agents.
  • w. roses — starburst effect given by a graphic representation of the direction and frequency of wind at a given spot over a period of time. Is a reflection of the prevailing wind.
  • w. speed — for epidemiological purposes the height above ground level that wind speed is measured needs to be quoted.
  • vaginal w. sucking — noisy ingress and egress of air from the vulva, especially when moving; usually accompanies pneumovagina and a result of rectovaginal laceration, sometimes fistulation.
 
Word Tutor: wind
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Air that is moving.

pronunciation Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it. — Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British prime minister during World War II.

 
Quotes About: Wind

Quotes:

"The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab." - Joseph Conrad

"The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death." - Joseph Conrad

"Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by." - Christina Rossetti

 
Wikipedia: wind


Wind, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)
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Wind, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)

Wind is the flow of air. More generally, it is the flow of the gases which compose an atmosphere; since wind is not only an Earth based phenomenon.[1]

Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the geographic regions in which they occur, or their effect.

There are global winds, such as the wind belts which exist between the atmospheric circulation cells. There are upper-level winds which typically include narrow belts of concentrated flow called jet streams. There are synoptic-scale winds that result from pressure differences in surface air masses in the middle latitudes, and there are winds that come about as a consequence of geographic features, such as the sea breezes. Mesoscale winds are those which act on a local scale, such as gust fronts. At the smallest scale are the microscale winds, which blow on a scale of only tens to hundreds of meters and are essentially unpredictable, such as dust devils and microbursts.

Forces which drive wind or affect it are the pressure gradient force, the Coriolis force, buoyancy forces, and friction forces. When a difference in pressure exists between two adjacent air masses, the air tends to flow from the region of high pressure to the region of low pressure. On a rotating planet, flows will be acted upon by the Coriolis force, in regions sufficiently far from the equator and sufficiently high above the surface.

The three major driving factors of large scale global winds are the differential heating between the equator and the poles (difference in absorption of solar energy between these climate zones), and the rotation of the planet.

Winds can shape landforms, via a variety of eolian processes.

Winds by effect

In classical terminology, Aeolian winds, or winds producing Aeolian action, are winds which produce geologic changes. Modern tornadoes and hurricanes might at times be considered to produce such changes.

Largescale erosion, dune formation, and other geologic and topographic effects influenced by wind are still referred to as aeolian activity.

Local winds that are tied to specific temperature distributions

Some local winds blow only under certain circumstances, i.e. they require a certain temperature distribution.

Differential heating is the motive force behind land breezes and sea breezes (or, in the case of larger lakes, lake breezes), also known as on- or off-shore winds. Land absorbs and radiates heat faster than water, but water releases heat over a longer period of time. The result is that, in locations where sea and land meet, heat absorbed over the day will be radiated more quickly by the land at night, cooling the air. Over the sea, heat is still being released into the air at night, which rises. This convective motion draws the cool land air in to replace the rising air, resulting in a land breeze in the late night and early morning. During the day, the roles are reversed. Warm air over the land rises, pulling cool air in from the sea to replace it, giving a sea breeze during the afternoon and evening.

Mountain breezes and valley breezes are due to a combination of differential heating and geometry. When the sun rises, it is the tops of the mountain peaks which receive first light, and as the day progresses, the mountain slopes take on a greater heat load than the valleys. This results in a temperature inequity between the two, and as warm air rises off the slopes, cool air moves up out of the valleys to replace it. This upslope wind is called a valley breeze. The opposite effect takes place in the afternoon, as the valley radiates heat. The peaks, long since cooled[vague], transport air into the valley in a process that is partly gravitational and partly convective and is called a mountain breeze.

Mountain breezes are one example of what is known more generally as a katabatic wind. These are winds driven by cold air flowing down a slope, and occur on the largest scale in Greenland and Antarctica. Most often, this term refers to winds which form when air which has cooled over a high, cold plateau is set in motion and descends under the influence of gravity. Winds of this type are common in regions of Mongolia and in glaciated locations.

Because katabatic refers specifically to the vertical motion of the wind, this group also includes winds which form on the lee side of mountains, and heat as a consequence of compression. Such winds may undergo a temperature increase of 20 °C (36 °F) or more, and many of the world's "named" winds (see list below) belong to this group. Among the most well-known of these winds are the chinook of Western Canada and the American Northwest, the Swiss föhn, California's infamous Santa Ana wind, and the French Mistral.

The opposite of a katabatic wind is an anabatic wind, or an upward-moving wind. The above-described valley breeze is an anabatic wind.

A widely-used term, though one not formally recognised by meteorologists, is orographic wind. This refers to air which undergoes orographic lifting. Most often, this is in the context of winds such as the chinook or the föhn, which undergo lifting by mountain ranges before descending and warming on the lee side.

Winds that are defined by an equilibrium of physical forces

These winds are used in the decomposition and analysis of wind profiles. They are useful for simplifying the atmospheric equations of motion and for making qualitative arguments about the horizontal and vertical distribution of winds. Examples are:

Names for specific winds in certain regions

In ancient Greek mythology, the four winds were personified as gods, called the Anemoi. These included Boreas, Notos, Euros, and Zephyros. The Ancient Greeks also observed the seasonal change of the winds, as evidenced by the Tower of the Winds in Athens.

In modern usage, many local wind systems have their own names.

Meteorological instruments to measure wind speed and/or direction

Wind direction is reported by the direction from which it originates. For example, a northerly wind blows from the north to the south.

Local sensing techniques

  • Anemometer (measures wind speed, either directly, e.g. with rotating cups, or indirectly, e.g. via pressure differences or the propagation speed of ultrasound signals)
  • Rawinsonde (GPS-based wind measurement is performed by the probe)
  • Weather balloon (passive measurement, balloon position is tracked from the ground visually or via radar; wind profile is computed from drift rate and the theoretical speed of ascent)
  • Weather vane (used to indicate wind direction)
  • Windsock (primarily used to indicate wind direction, may also be used to estimate wind speed by its angle)
  • Pitot tubes

Remote sensing techniques:

  • SODAR
  • Doppler LIDARs can measure the Doppler shift of light reflected off suspended aerosols or molecules. This measurement can be directly related to wind velocity.
  • Radiometers and Radars can be used to measure the surface roughness of the ocean from space or airplanes. This measurement can be used to estimate wind velocity close to the sea surface over oceans.

See also

Meteorological data and variables
Atmospheric pressure · Baroclinity · Cloud · Convection · CAPE · CIN · Dew point · Heat index · Humidex · Humidity · Lifted index · Lightning · Pot T · Precipitation · Sea surface temperature · Surface solar radiation · Surface weather analysis · Temperature · Theta-e · Visibility · Vorticity · Wind chill · Water vapor · Wind

References

  1. ^ Jupiter's Hurricane-Force Winds Increase In Depths of the Planet's Atmosphere. NASA JPL. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.

External links

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Translations: Translations for: Wind

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - vind, blæst, åndedræt, tomme ord, mundsvejr, blæsere
v. tr. - blæse, få færten af, vejre, tage pusten fra, lade puste ud

idioms:

  • get one's wind    få vejret
  • get the wind up    blive bange
  • get wind of    få nys om
  • have the wind up    blive skræmt
  • how the wind blows    hvordan vinden blæser
  • in the wind    noget i gære
  • put the wind up    jage en en skræk i livet , skræmme en
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    tage luven fra en, tage brødet ud af munden på en, komme en i forkøbet
  • wind farm    vindmøllepark
  • wind force    vindkraft
  • wind instrument    blæseinstrument
  • wind sock    vindpose
  • wind tunnel    vindtunnel
  • winds of change    forandringernes tid

2.
v. intr. - sno sig (flod/ål)
v. tr. - sno, vinde, vikle, spole, bevikle, dreje, trække op, spænde, nedtrappe
n. - snoning, drejning, bugt

idioms:

  • wind down    nedtrappe, slappe af, løbe ud
  • wind off    vinde af, vikle af
  • wind round one's finger    sno om ens finger
  • wind up    trække op, vinde op, spænde, afslutte, likvidere, afvikle, opgøre

3.
v. tr. - blæse

Nederlands (Dutch)
wind, adem, blaasinstrument, windje, (op)winden scherp bij de wind (zeilen)

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Météo) vent, (Naut) vent, souffle, (fig) vent, vents, gaz intestinaux (npl), (Mus) les instruments à vent (npl)
v. tr. - couper le souffle, essouffler, mettre hors d'haleine, faire faire son rot, avoir un vent de, flairer

idioms:

  • between wind and water    (Naut) près de la ligne de flottaison, (fig) (être) sur la corde raide
  • get one's wind    reprendre haleine
  • get wind of    avoir vent de
  • have the wind up    avoir la trouille/la frousse
  • how the wind blows    prendre le vent
  • how the wind lies    (Naut) prendre l'aire du vent, (fig) voir la tournure que prennent ou vont prendre les choses
  • in the wind    (y avoir) qch dans l'air
  • off the wind    contre vent
  • on a wind    très près du vent
  • on the wind    très près du vent
  • put the wind up    flanquer la trouille, faire une peur bleue (à qn)
  • take the wind out of someone's sails    couper l'herbe sous le pied de qn
  • to the four winds    aux quatre vents
  • to the wind    (Naut) (serrer) le vent, (fig) (jouer) avec le feu
  • which way the wind blows    (fig) (voir de quel côté) vient le vent
  • wind farm    ferme éolienne
  • wind force    force éolienne
  • wind instrument    instrument à vent
  • wind sock    manche à air
  • wind tunnel    (Tech) tunnel aérodynamique, couloir venté
  • winds of change    vents du changement

2.
v. intr. - tourner, serpenter (une rivière)
v. tr. - entourer/enrouler, remonter (une montre), donner un tour de (poignée), serpenter
n. - tournant/virage (dans une course), tour

idioms:

  • wind down    réduire ses activités, ralentir, toucher à sa fin, être sur le point de s'arrêter, se détendre, être sur le point de s'arrêter (une montre), baisser (une fenêtre), mettre fin à
  • wind off    dérouler
  • wind round one's finger    enrouler autour du doigt
  • wind someone up    faire marcher qn, énerver qn
  • wind up    finir/se retrouver, liquider (affaire), fermer (compte), mettre fin à, remonter (montre)
  • wound up    (fig) (être) tendu/crispé (à propos de)

3.
v. tr. - souffler (instrument à vent)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Wind, Atem, (leeres) Geschwätz, Blähung, Luftstrom, Bläser, Witterung
v. - außer Atem bringen, verschnaufen lassen, ein Bäuerchen machen lassen, wittern

idioms:

  • between wind and water    in der Nähe der Wasserlinie
  • get one's wind    zu Atem kommen
  • get wind of    Darmwinde entweichen lassen, wittern, Wind bekommen von
  • have the wind up    Angst bekommen/haben
  • how the wind blows    woher der Wind weht
  • how the wind lies    (fig) woher der Wind weht, wie die Dinge liegen
  • in the wind    in der Luft
  • off the wind    (naut) aus dem Wind
  • on a wind    (naut) mit dem Wind, (naut) hart am Wind segeln
  • on the wind    (naut) mit dem Wind, (naut) hart am Wind segeln
  • put the wind up    Angst machen
  • take the wind out of someone's sails    jdn. ausnutzen, indem man etwas Unerwartetes macht.
  • to the four winds    in alle Winde
  • to the wind    (naut) hart am Wind segeln, (fig) sich hart an der Grenze des Erlaubten bewegen
  • which way the wind blows    woher der Wind weht
  • wind farm    Windpark, Windfarm
  • wind force    Windstärke
  • wind instrument    Blasinstrument
  • wind sock    Windsack
  • wind tunnel    Windkanal
  • winds of change    ein frischer Wind

2.
v. - wickeln, winden, aufwickeln, spulen, aufziehen, sich schlängeln, sich winden
n. - Biegung, Umdrehung

idioms:

  • wind down    mit einer Winde herunterlassen, runterkurbeln, allmählich einstellen, auslaufen, sich entspannen
  • wind off    abwickeln
  • wind round one's finger    um den Finger wickeln
  • wind someone up    Angst bekommen/haben
  • wind up    beenden, (mit einer Winde) hochziehen, hochkurbeln, aufziehen, auflösen, aufwickeln, landen, sich einhandeln
  • wound up    aufgezogen, nervös, ärgerlich

3.
v. - blasen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αέρας, άνεμος, αέρια (του πεπτικού συστήματος), φούσκωμα, τυμπανισμός, ανάσα, αναπνοή
v. - μυρίζομαι, λαχανιάζω, παίρνω ανάσα, σφίγγω, στρέφω/-ομαι, ελίσσομαι, κουρδίζω, περιελίσσω/-ομαι, τυλίγω/-ομαι, προχωρώ/κινούμαι ελικοειδώς, γυρίζω

idioms:

  • break wind    κλάνω
  • close to the wind    (ναυτ.) στην μπουρίνα
  • get one's wind    παίρνω ανάσα
  • get the wind up    θορυβούμαι, πανικοβάλλομαι
  • get wind of    παίρνω μυρωδιά/χαμπάρι
  • have the wind up    θορυβούμαι, πανικοβάλλομαι
  • how the wind blows    από πού φυσάει ο άνεμος, προς τα πού πάνε τα πράγματα
  • in the wind    στα σκαριά, στα μαγειρέματα
  • put the wind up    πανικοβάλλω, τρομοκρατώ
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    κλονίζω την αυτοπεποίθηση κάποιου, ανατρέπω το πλεονέκτημα κάποιου
  • wind down    κατεβάζω (παράθυρο αυτοκινήτου), ξεκουρδίζω, χαλαρώνω, περιορίζω εμπορική δραστηριότητα
  • wind farm    αιολικό αγρόκτημα
  • wind force    ένταση του ανέμου
  • wind instrument    (μουσ.) πνευστό όργανο
  • wind off    ξετυλίγω/-ομαι, εκτυλίσσω/-ομαι
  • wind round one's finger    έχω του χεριού μου, σέρνω από τη μύτη
  • wind sock    ανοδούρι
  • wind tunnel    (τεχνολ.) αεροδυναμική σήραγγα, σήραγγα αεροδυναμικών δοκιμών
  • wind up    κουρδίζω, τερματίζω, κλείνω, καταλήγω
  • winds of change    άνεμος της αλλαγής

Italiano (Italian)
vento, strumenti a fiato, bobinare, caricare, snodarsi, flatulenza, peto

idioms:

  • break wind    scoreggiare
  • close to/near the wind    all'orza
  • get one's wind    prendere fiato
  • get wind of    aver sentore di
  • get/have the wind up    aver paura
  • how the wind blows    come tira il vento
  • in the wind    contro vento
  • put the wind up    spaventare
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    togliere la terra sotto i piedi
  • throw caution to the winds    abbandonare ogni cautela
  • wind down    rilassarsi
  • wind farm    centrale a venti
  • wind force    energia eolica
  • wind instrument    strumento a fiato
  • wind off    svolgere
  • wind round one's finger    fare di qualcuno quel che si vuole
  • wind sock    manica a vento
  • wind tunnel    galleria del vento
  • wind up    finire, concludere
  • winds of change    venti di cambiamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vento (m), instrumento de sopro (m), torcedura (f)
v. - expor ao vento, tocar um instrumento de sopro, enroscar(-se)

idioms:

  • break wind    quebrar o vento
  • close to/near the wind    o mais perto possível da direção que o ar sopra
  • get one's wind    pegar fôlego
  • get wind of    ficar sabendo
  • get/have the wind up    ficar com medo
  • how the wind blows    como estão as coisas
  • in the wind    estar nas proximidades
  • put the wind up    perder o medo
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    tirar o cavalo da chuva
  • throw caution to the winds    agir com toda prudência
  • wind down    relaxar
  • wind farm    fazenda com instalações movidas ao vento
  • wind force    força do vento (f)
  • wind instrument    instrumento de sopro (m)
  • wind off    desenrolar, bobinar
  • wind round one's finger    enrolar no dedo
  • wind sock    biruta (Met.)
  • wind tunnel    túnel de vento
  • wind up    terminar, subir
  • winds of change    corrente de ar

Русский (Russian)
ветер, воздушная струя, запах, дыхание, болтовня, (кишечные) газы, духовые инструменты, виток, поворот, лебедка, наматывание, чуять, идти по следу, принюхиваться, вызвать одышку, дать перевести дыхание, проветривать, играть на духовом инструменте, извиваться, обвивать, поднимать лебедкой

idioms:

  • break wind    пустить ветры
  • close to/near the wind    круто к ветру, бейдевинд, поступать рискованно, зарваться
  • get one's wind    отдышаться, перевести дух, прийти в себя
  • get wind of    обнаружить, наблюдать, достичь, приблизиться к
  • get/have the wind up    перепугаться
  • how the wind blows    откуда ветер дует, как обстоят дела
  • in the wind    происходящий или могущий произойти, носиться в воздухе
  • put the wind up    напугать кого-л.
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    выбить у кого-л. почву из-под ног, обескуражить
  • throw caution to the winds    отбросить осторожность
  • wind down    спускать на тормозах, постепенно сходить на нет, отдыхать
  • wind farm    электростанция, работающая на силе ветра
  • wind force    энергия ветра
  • wind instrument    духовой инструмент
  • wind off    разматывать, раскручивать, разматываться
  • wind round one's finger    помыкать кем-л., вить веревки из кого-л.
  • wind sock    ветровой конус
  • wind tunnel    аэродинамическая труба
  • wind up    довести себя, оказаться в каком-л. состоянии, готовиться к чему-л., завершать, ликвидировать, подводить итог
  • winds of change    ветер перемен

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - viento
v. tr. - airear, orear, ventilar

idioms:

  • between wind and water    en posición precaria o riesgosa, (náut.) cerca de la línea de flotación
  • get one's wind    recobrar el aliento
  • get wind of    enterarse de, descubrir, olerse, revelar
  • have the wind up    asustarse, pasar mucho miedo
  • how the wind blows    ver de qué lado sopla el viento
  • how the wind lies    cuál es la probabilidad, según cómo venga
  • in the wind    algo se avecina, algo flota en el aire
  • off the wind    con viento en popa
  • on a wind    con viento de bolina
  • on the wind    contra el viento, (naut.) de bolina
  • put the wind up    asustar a alguien, dar mucho miedo
  • take the wind out of someone's sails    dejar súbitamente sin apoyo a alguien
  • to the four winds    a los cuatro vientos
  • to the wind    estar al borde de lo indecente o ilegal
  • which way the wind blows    del lado que sopla el viento
  • wind farm    grupo de molinos o turbinas de viento que producen electricidad
  • wind force    fuerza del viento
  • wind instrument    instrumento de viento
  • wind sock    manga veleta, manga de aire
  • wind tunnel    túnel aerodinámico
  • winds of change    vientos nuevos

2.
v. intr. - serpentear, enroscarse, encorvarse, torcerse, virar (mar)
v. tr. - devanar, arrollar, envolver, ovillar, dar cuerda, curvar, torcer, mover sinuosamente
n. - combadura

idioms:

  • wind down    bajar, reducir paulatinamente
  • wind off    desenrollar, desenrollarse
  • wind round one's finger    manejar a alguien a su antojo
  • wind someone up    avivar a alguien, poner (a alguien) tenso
  • wind up    dar cuerda a, liquidar (negocios, etc.), resolver, templar, terminar, enrollar, poner nervioso
  • wound up    ponerse nervioso

3.
v. tr. - tocar o hacer sonar (trompeta, clarín, etc.)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vind, blåst, lukt, anda, luft, tomt prat, blåsinstrument, slingring, vridning
v. - vädra, göra andfådd, låta hämta andan, blåsa i, vrida, vrida upp, veva, linda, slingra sig, vrida sig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
风, 气味, 气息, 使喘气, 使通风, 嗅出, 上发条, 蜿蜒, 缠绕, 嗅出猎物, 卷曲, 吹响号角

idioms:

  • get one's wind    喘气
  • get the wind up    变得害怕或紧张
  • get wind of    得到...的风声
  • have the wind up    变得紧张或害怕
  • how the wind blows    事情的趋势如何
  • in the wind    将要发生
  • put the wind up    使某人害怕
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    冷不防地使某人丧失优势, 使某人泄气, 挫败某人的计划
  • wind down    逐渐减少, 慢慢终止
  • wind farm    装有一组用以发电的风力涡轮机的农场, 一组用以发电的风力涡轮机
  • wind force    风力
  • wind instrument    管乐器
  • wind off    卷开
  • wind round one's finger    左右某人, 任意摆布某人
  • wind sock    风向袋
  • wind tunnel    风洞
  • wind up    卷起, 上紧...发条, 卷拢
  • winds of change    改革的力量或趋势

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 使喘氣
v. intr. - 曲折而行;彎曲前進
n. - 風, 彎曲;曲折

idioms:

  • wind down    逐漸減少, 慢慢終止
  • wind off    卷開
  • wind round one's finger    左右某人, 任意擺佈某人
  • wind up    捲起, 上緊...發條, 捲攏

2.
n. - 氣流;風
v. tr. - 使通風

idioms:

  • get one's wind    喘氣
  • get the wind up    變得害怕或緊張
  • get wind of    得到...的風聲
  • have the wind up    變得緊張或害怕
  • how the wind blows    事情的趨勢如何
  • in the wind    將要發生
  • put the wind up    使某人害怕
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    冷不防地使某人喪失優勢, 使某人洩氣, 挫敗某人的計劃
  • wind farm    裝有一組用以發電的風力渦輪機的農場, 一組用以發電的風力渦輪機
  • wind force    風力
  • wind instrument    管樂器
  • wind sock    風向袋
  • wind tunnel    風洞
  • winds of change    改革的力量或趨勢

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 바람 , (나침반의) 방위, 예감
v. tr. - ~을 바람을 쐬다, 낌새를 채다, 숨차게 하다

idioms:

  • get one's wind    숨을 돌리다
  • get the wind up    무서워지다, 겁나다, 걱정하다
  • get wind of    ~을 냄새 맡다, ~의 소문을 탐지해 내다
  • have the wind up    무서워지다, 겁나다, 걱정하다
  • in the wind    바람받이에, (일이) 일어날 듯한, 미결정으로
  • put the wind up    깜짝 놀라게 하다, 불안하게 하다
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    선수를 쳐서 앞지르다, 기선을 제압하다

2.
v. intr. - (강, 길이) 꼬불꼬불 구부러지다, (판자 등이) 굽다, 나선상을 이루다
v. tr. - 감다, 휘감다, 감아서 ~으로 하다
n. - 굴곡, 한 번 감기

idioms:

  • wind down    (태엽이) 풀리다, 긴장을 풀다, 단계적으로 축소하다
  • wind off    (감긴 것을) 풀다
  • wind up    (실 따위를 ) 감다, (두레박 따위를) 감아 올리다, 흥분 시키다

3.
v. tr. - (피리 따위를) 불다, 취주하다, 울려서 알리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 風, 息, ガス, 気配, 無意味なことば, むだ話をする人, 管楽器奏者, 曲がり, 巻くこと, 一巻き, 暴風
v. - 息切れさせる, 息をつかせる, 曲がりくねる, 巻く, 巻かれる, 回す, 巻き付ける, 包む, 吹く, 嗅ぎ付ける, 息を切らせる
adj. - 起こりかかって

idioms:

  • get one's wind    息をつく
  • get wind of    かぎ付ける
  • get/have the wind up    こわくなる
  • in the wind    風の中に
  • prevailing wind    卓越風, 卓越風向
  • put the wind up    …をぎょっとさせる
  • take the wind out of a person's sails    自信を砕く
  • wind down    ゆるむ, くつろぐ, 減らす, 降ろす
  • wind farm    風力発電地帯
  • wind force    風力
  • wind instrument    管楽器
  • wind off    ほどく
  • wind round one's finger    人をあやつる
  • wind sock    吹き流し
  • wind tunnel    風洞
  • wind up    しっかり巻く, 巻く, 巻き上げる, はめになる, 終える, ワインドアップする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ريح, نزعه, إتجاه, نفس, تنفس, هواء, تطبل البطن , , غاز مضغوط, حبقه, هراء, عدم, غرور, رائحه الطريدة, دورة, مهب الريح, الات النفخ الموسيقيه, ونش, العازفون على الات النفخ (فعل) يهوي, يعرض للهواء, يجفف, يلف, يتشمم, يريح, ينفخ البوق, يورط, يدس, , يتسلل إلى, يرفع, يغير الاتجاه, يلتف, ينعطف المركب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוח, נשימה, נפיחה, גזי-מעיים, דברי הבל, כלי נשיפה, נגני כלי-נשיפה‬
v. tr. - ‮איבד נשימה, אפשר לנשום, הריח עקבות‬
v. intr. - ‮התפתל‬
v. tr. - ‮סובב, פיתל, כרך, ליפף, גלגל, כונן‬
n. - ‮סיבוב, ליפוף‬
v. tr. - ‮ניגן בכלי נשיפה‬

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