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Noun

the act of winding or twisting

Synonyms

• twist
• wind
• winding

More generic

• rotary motion
• rotation

Noun

breath

Synonyms

• wind

More generic

• breathing out
• exhalation
• expiration

Noun

a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

Synonyms

• breaking wind
• fart
• farting
• flatus
• wind

More generic

• inborn reflex
• innate reflex
• instinctive reflex
• physiological reaction
• reflex
• reflex action
• reflex response
• unconditioned reflex

Noun

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath

Synonyms

• wind
• wind instrument

More generic

• instrument
• musical instrument

More specific

• brass
• brass instrument
• free-reed instrument
• kazoo
• ocarina
• organ
• organ pipe
• pipe
• pipe organ
• pipework
• post horn
• sweet potato
• whistle
• wood
• woodwind
• woodwind instrument

Related

• bell
• embouchure
• mouthpiece

Noun

an indication of potential opportunity

Synonyms

• confidential information
• hint
• lead
• steer
• tip
• wind

More generic

• counsel
• counseling
• counselling
• direction
• guidance

Noun

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

Synonyms

• idle words
• jazz
• malarkey
• malarky
• nothingness
• wind

More generic

• talk
• talking

Noun

a tendency or force that influences events

Synonyms

• wind

More generic

• influence

Noun

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

Synonyms

• air current
• current of air
• wind

More generic

• atmospheric condition
• conditions
• weather
• weather condition

More specific

• Santa Ana
• air
• airstream
• blast
• blow
• boreas
• breeze
• calm
• calm air
• catabatic wind
• chinook
• chinook wind
• crosswind
• doldrums
• draft
• draught
• east wind
• easter
• easterly
• foehn
• fohn
• gale
• gentle wind
• gust
• harmattan
• headwind
• high wind
• katabatic wind
• khamsin
• languor
• monsoon
• north wind
• norther
• northerly
• northwest wind
• northwester
• prevailing wind
• samiel
• simoom
• simoon
• snow eater
• sou'easter
• sou'wester
• south wind
• southeaster
• souther
• southerly
• southwester
• squall
• tailwind
• thermal
• west wind
• wester
• zephyr

Related

• air

Verb

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

Synonyms

• hoist
• lift
• wind

More generic

• bring up
• elevate
• get up
• lift
• raise

More specific

• trice
• trice up

Verb

form into a wreath

Synonyms

• wind
• wreathe

More generic

• enlace
• entwine
• interlace
• intertwine
• lace
• twine

Verb

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

Synonyms

• wind
• wind up

More generic

• fasten
• tighten

More specific

• rewind

Related

• turn

Verb

arrange or or coil around

Synonyms

• roll
• twine
• wind
• wrap

More generic

• displace
• move

Opposite / Antonyms

• unwind

More specific

• ball
• clew
• clue
• coil
• curl
• loop
• reel
• spool

Verb

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

Synonyms

• meander
• thread
• wander
• weave
• wind

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• snake

Related

• wander

Verb

catch the scent of; get wind of

Synonyms

• nose
• scent
• wind

More generic

• smell

Verb

extend in curves and turns

Synonyms

• curve
• twist
• wind

More generic

• be

More specific

• circumvolute
• snake
• spiral

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