Definition of "wind" in Anglais

noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

   • The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
   • As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
   • The winds in Chicago are fierce.
   • There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.
   • The window was banging in the wind.

2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.

   • the wind of a cannon ball
   • the wind of a bellows

3. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.

   • After the second lap he was already out of wind.
   • The fall knocked the wind out of him.

4. (figurative) News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.

   • to catch wind of something
   • Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.

5. (figurative) A tendency or trend.

   • the wind of change

6. (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.

7. One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.

8. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.

   • to pass wind

9. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.

10. (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.

11. (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.

12. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.

    • the four winds

13. Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.

14. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

15. (figurative) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

16. A bird, the dotterel.

17. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.

verb

1. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.