Synonyms: 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
Similar words: rotary motion, rotation
Definition: the act of rotating as if on an axis
Usage: the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music
Synonyms: wind
Definition: breath
Usage: the collision knocked the wind out of him
Similar words: breathing out, exhalation, expiration
Definition: the act of expelling air from the lungs
Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus, wind
Definition: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Similar words: unconditioned reflex, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response
Definition: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: musical instrument, instrument
Definition: any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance
Definition: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
Synonyms: 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
Definition: an exchange of ideas via conversation
Usage: let's have more work and less talk around here
Synonyms: wind
Definition: a tendency or force that influences events
Usage: the winds of change
Similar words: influence
Definition: the effect of one thing (or person) on another
Usage: the influence of mechanical action
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition, conditions
Definition: the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
Usage: they were hoping for good weather; every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception; the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow
Definition: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
Usage: hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
Similar words: lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate
Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position
Usage: Raise your hands; Lift a load
Definition: form into a wreath
Similar words: twine, enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace
Definition: spin,wind, or twist together
Usage: intertwine the ribbons; Twine the threads into a rope; intertwined hearts
Definition: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
Usage: wind your watch
Synonyms: 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
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: catch the scent of; get wind of
Usage: The dog nosed out the drugs
Similar words: smell
Definition: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
Definition: extend in curves and turns
Usage: The road winds around the lake; the path twisted through the forest
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer