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wind
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English winde, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wéh?n?tos (“wind”), from earlier *h?wéh?n?ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h?weh?- (“to blow”). Cognate with Dutch wind, German Wind, West Frisian wyn, Norwegian and Swedish vind, Icelandic vindur, Latin ventus, Welsh gwynt, Sanskrit ??? (v??ta), Russian ?????? (véter), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Cognate to vent.
Alternative forms
- winde (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?nd, IPA(key): /?w?nd/
- (archaic) enPR: w?nd, IPA(key): /?wa?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
wind (countable and uncountable, plural winds)
- (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.
- News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements).
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
- (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, which are often called the "four winds".
- Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain.
- 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.
- 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 wind/translations § Etymology 1.
See also
Verb
wind (third-person singular simple present winds, present participle winding, simple past and past participle winded or (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.
- The boxer was winded during round two.
- (transitive, Britain) To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- (transitive, Britain) 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.
- The hounds winded the game.
- (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 /wa?nd/, sometimes heard in singing and oral reading of verse, e.g., The huntsman /wa?ndz/ his horn.
Descendants
- ? Tok Pisin: winim
Translations
See wind/translations § Etymology 1.
Etymology 2
From Middle English winden, from Old English windan, from Proto-Germanic *windan?. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde, Walloon windea. See also the related term wend.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?nd, IPA(key): /wa?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
- Homophones: wined, whined (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Verb
wind (third-person singular simple present winds, present participle winding, simple past and past participle wound or winded)
- (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
- (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.
- 1969, Paul McCartney, The Long and Winding Road
- The long and winding road / That leads to your door / Will never disappear.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
- Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please / And wind all other witnesses.
- 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.
- 1674, Richard Allestree, The Government of the Tongue
- 'Tis pleasant to see what little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse
- 1674, Richard Allestree, The Government of the Tongue
- (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.
- 2012, "Rural Affairs", Anna Hutton-North, Lulu.com ?ISBN [1]
- 2012, "Rural Affairs", Anna Hutton-North, Lulu.com ?ISBN [1]
- (transitive, nautical) To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Esperanto: vindi
Translations
See wind/translations § Etymology 2.
Noun
wind (plural winds)
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
References
- wind at OneLook Dictionary Search
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch wind, from Middle Dutch wint, from Old Dutch wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?wéh?n?ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h?weh?- (“to blow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?nt/
Noun
wind (plural winde, diminutive windjie)
- wind (movement of air)
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- wénn, winn, wend
Etymology
From Old High German wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz. Cognate with German Wind, Dutch wind, English wind, Icelandic vindur, Gothic ???????????????????? (winds).
Noun
wind m
- (Carcoforo) wind
References
- “wind” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt/
- Hyphenation: wind
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Homophone: wint
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch wint, from Old Dutch wint, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?wéh?n?ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h?weh?- (“to blow”).
Noun
wind m (plural winden, diminutive windje n)
- wind (movement of air)
- flatulence, fart
- Synonyms: bout, buikwind, ruft, scheet
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wind
- ? Sranan Tongo: winti
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch wint. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
wind m (plural winden, diminutive windje n)
- (obsolete) greyhound
Derived terms
- windhond
Related terms
- hond
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
wind
- first-person singular present indicative of winden
- imperative of winden
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wind.
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wind, Old Saxon wind, Dutch wind, Old High German wint (German Wind), Old Norse vindr (Swedish vind), Gothic ???????????????????? (winds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ventus (French vent), Welsh gwynt, Tocharian A want, Tocharian B yente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wind/
Noun
wind m
- wind
- flatulence
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: wind, wend
- English: wind
- Scots: wind, wynd
- Yola: wyeene
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twine
English
Alternative forms
- twyne (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twa?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English twine, twyne, twin, from Old English tw?n (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twi?n (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh? (“two”).
Noun
twine (countable and uncountable, plural twines)
- A twist; a convolution.
- A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
- The act of twining or winding round.
- Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.
- 1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.
- The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine [...]
- 1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.
Coordinate terms
- (threads or strands twisted together): sinew
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English twinen, twynen, from Old English *tw?nian (“to twine, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *twizn?n? (“to thread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Dutch twijnen (“to twine, contort, throw”), Danish tvinde (“to twist”), Swedish tvinna (“to twist, twine, throw”), Icelandic tvinna (“to merge, twine”).
Verb
twine (third-person singular simple present twines, present participle twining, simple past and past participle twined)
- (transitive) To weave together.
- (transitive) To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene 5,[1]
- Let me twine
- Mine arms about that body […]
- 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 10, p. 199,[2]
- She was twining her fingers together.
- c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene 5,[1]
- (transitive) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.
- 1712, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto III,[3]
- “Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine,”
- The victor cried, “the glorious prize is mine! […] ”
- 1712, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto III,[3]
- (intransitive) To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 1,[4]
- Usually some old crone was squatted on the earth floor, weaving cedar fibre or tatters of old cloth into a mat, her claw-like fingers twining in and out, in and out, among the strands that were fastened to a crude frame of sticks.
- 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 1,[4]
- (intransitive) To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa,[5]
- As rivers, though they bend and twine,
- Still to the sea their course incline:
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Cadenus and Vanessa,[5]
- (intransitive) To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally.
- Many plants twine.
- (obsolete) To turn round; to revolve.
- 1598, George Chapman, Hero and Leander
- dancers twine midst cedar-fragrant glades
- 1598, George Chapman, Hero and Leander
- (obsolete) To change the direction of.
- 1600, Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (1581), translated by Edward Fairfax, Book 20, Stanza 38,[6]
- For where he turned his sword, or twined his steed,
- He slew, or man and beast on earth down laid,
- 1600, Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (1581), translated by Edward Fairfax, Book 20, Stanza 38,[6]
- (obsolete) To mingle; to mix.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, “M. Crashaw’s Answer for Hope,” lines 29-30,[7]
- As lumpes of sugar loose themselues, and twine
- Their subtile essence with the soul of wine.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, “M. Crashaw’s Answer for Hope,” lines 29-30,[7]
Derived terms
- entwine
- intertwine
Translations
Etymology 3
Verb
twine (third-person singular simple present twines, present participle twining, simple past and past participle twined)
- Alternative form of twin (“to separate”)
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