Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word wind. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in wind.
Definitions and meaning of wind
wind
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishwynd, wind, from Old Englishwind(“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic*wind, from Proto-Germanic*windaz, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥tos(“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts(“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁-(“to blow”).
Alternative forms
winde(obsolete)
Pronunciation
enPR: wĭnd, IPA(key): /ˈwɪnd/
(archaic) enPR: wīnd, IPA(key): /ˈwaɪnd/
Rhymes: -ɪnd
Noun
wind (countable and uncountable, pluralwinds)
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
(figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
(figurative) A tendency or trend.
(philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
(uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
to pass wind
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
(figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
A bird, the dotterel.
(boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
Synonyms
(movement of air):breeze, draft, gale; see also Thesaurus:wind
(flatus):gas(US); see also Thesaurus:flatus
Derived terms
Descendants
Tok Pisin: win
Torres Strait Creole: win
Translations
See also
Verb
wind (third-person singular simple presentwinds, present participlewinding, simple past and past participlewindedor(proscribed)wound)
(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
(transitive, British) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
(transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
(transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
(transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
(transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
(transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
Usage notes
The form “wound” in the past is occasionally found in reference to blowing a horn, but is often considered to be erroneous. The October 1875 issue of The Galaxy disparaged this usage as a “very ridiculous mistake” arising from a misunderstanding of the word's meaning.
A similar solecism occurs in the use (in this sense) of the pronunciation /waɪnd/, sometimes heard in singing and oral reading of verse, e.g., The huntsman /waɪndz/ his horn.
Descendants
⇒ Tok Pisin: winim
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishwynden, from Old Englishwindan, from Proto-Germanic*windaną. Compare West Frisianwine, Low Germanwinden, Dutchwinden, Germanwinden, Danishvinde, Walloonwindea. See also the related term wend.
Pronunciation
enPR: wīnd, IPA(key): /waɪnd/
Rhymes: -aɪnd
Homophones: wined, whined(in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Verb
wind (third-person singular simple presentwinds, present participlewinding, simple past and past participlewoundorwinded)
(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
(transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
(intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
(transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
12 October 1710, Joseph Addison, The Examiner No. 5
Were our legislature vested in the person of our prince, he might doubtless wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
(transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
(transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
(transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
(transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
→ Esperanto: vindi
Translations
Noun
wind (pluralwinds)
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
References
“wind”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vənt/
Etymology 1
From Dutchwind, from Middle Dutchwint, from Old Dutchwint, from Proto-Germanic*windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts(“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁-(“to blow”).
Noun
wind (pluralwinde, diminutivewindjie)
wind(movement of air)
Etymology 2
From Dutchwinden.
Verb
wind (presentwind, present participlewindende, past participlegewind)
(higher register) to wind
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
wénn, winn, wend
Etymology
From Old High Germanwint, from Proto-Germanic*windaz. Cognate with GermanWind, Dutchwind, Englishwind, Icelandicvindur, Gothic𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃(winds).
Noun
windm
(Carcoforo) wind
References
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʋɪnt/
Hyphenation: wind
Rhymes: -ɪnt
Homophone: wint
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchwint, from Old Dutchwint, from Proto-West Germanic*wind, from Proto-Germanic*windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts(“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁-(“to blow”).
Noun
windm (pluralwinden, diminutivewindjen)
wind (movement of air)
De wind waait door de bomen. ― The wind blows through the trees.
flatulence, fart
Synonyms:bout, buikwind, ruft, scheet
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: wind
Berbice Creole Dutch: wende
Negerhollands: wind, win, wen
Skepi Creole Dutch: went
→ Aukan: winta
→ Sranan Tongo: winti
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchwint. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
windm (pluralwinden, diminutivewindjen)
(obsolete) greyhound
Derived terms
windhond
Related terms
hond
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
wind
inflection of winden:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
wind
Alternative form of wynd
Etymology 2
Verb
wind
Alternative form of wynden(“to wind”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*wind.
Germanic cognates include Old Frisianwind, Old Saxonwind, Dutchwind, Old High Germanwint (GermanWind), Old Norsevindr (Swedishvind), Gothic𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃(winds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latinventus (Frenchvent), Welshgwynt, Tocharian Awant, Tocharian Byente.