Definitions
1.Noungerund of wind
The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or a horn to make a sound.
2.NounThe act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
3.NounThe act of blowing air through a wind instrument or a horn to make a sound.
4.AdjectiveCausing one to be breathless or out of breath.
5.AdjectiveOf a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.
6.Verbpresent participle and gerund of wind
7.Noungerund of wind
The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
A variation in a tune.
8.NounThe act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
9.NounA curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
10.NounA curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
11.NounChiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
12.NounSometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
13.NounTwists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
14.NounThe act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
15.NounA variation in a tune.
16.NounSomething wound around another thing.
A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).
A decorative object, design, or other thing with curves or twists.
Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner.
17.NounA length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
18.NounSynonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).
19.NounA decorative object, design, or other thing with curves or twists.
Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner.
20.NounA decorative object, design, or other thing with curves or twists.
21.NounSynonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner.
22.AdjectiveMoving in a sinuous or twisting manner.
23.AdjectiveSinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
Chiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral.
24.AdjectiveChiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral.
25.AdjectiveOf speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout.
26.AdjectiveFlexible, pliant.
Morally crooked; crafty, shifty.
27.AdjectiveFlexible, pliant.
28.AdjectiveMorally crooked; crafty, shifty.
29.Verbpresent participle and gerund of wind