Définitions
1.NounA machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
2.NounThe building or structure containing such machinery.
3.NounA wind turbine, a device for converting wind power into electricity.
4.NounA child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
5.NounA dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
6.NounA pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
7.NounA guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
8.NounA breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls their torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.
9.NounAny of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
10.NounAny of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
11.NounThe false shower.
12.NounAn imaginary enemy, but presented as real."to fight windmills"
13.NounThe act of windmilling."(Can we add an example for this sense?)"
14.NounA tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
15.VerbTo rotate with a sweeping motion."She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee."
16.VerbTo (become disengaged and) rotate freely."The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall."
17.VerbTo be rotated by the force of the fluid passing through (the propeller or turbine rotor).
18.VerbTo move in order to rotate the penis in a circle (similar to the rotation of a windmill). (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)