Main entry: twist, wind, winding
Definition: the act of winding or twisting
Usage: he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Main entry: wind
Definition: breath
Usage: the collision knocked the wind out of him
Main entry: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus, wind
Definition: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Main entry: wind, wind instrument
Definition: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
Main entry: lead, confidential information, wind, tip, steer, hint
Definition: an indication of potential opportunity
Usage: he got a tip on the stock market; a good lead for a job
Main entry: wind, malarkey, malarky, jazz, nothingness, idle words
Definition: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
Usage: that's a lot of wind; don't give me any of that jazz
Main entry: wind
Definition: a tendency or force that influences events
Usage: the winds of change
Main entry: wind, current of air, air current
Definition: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
Usage: trees bent under the fierce winds; when there is no wind, row; the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere
Definition: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Usage: hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Definition: form into a wreath
Definition: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
Usage: wind your watch
Main entry: wind, wrap, twine, roll
Definition: arrange or or coil around
Usage: roll your hair around your finger; Twine the thread around the spool; She wrapped her arms around the child
Main entry: meander, wander, weave, wind, thread
Definition: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Usage: the river winds through the hills; the path meanders through the vineyards; sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
Definition: catch the scent of; get wind of
Usage: The dog nosed out the drugs
Main entry: curve, wind, twist
Definition: extend in curves and turns
Usage: The road winds around the lake; the path twisted through the forest