wind in WordNet English dictionary

1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
   "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"
   wind  air current  current of air 
   
2. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
   fart  farting  flatus  wind  breaking wind 
   
3. an indication of potential opportunity
   "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
   tip  lead  steer  confidential information  wind  hint 
   
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
   "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
   wind  malarkey  malarky  idle words  jazz  nothingness 
   
5. the act of winding or twisting
   "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
   wind  winding  twist 
   
6. breath
   "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
   wind 
   
7. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
   wind instrument  wind 
   
8. a tendency or force that influences events
   "the winds of change"
   wind 
   

1. extend in curves and turns
   "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
   wind  twist  curve 
   
2. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
   hoist  lift  wind 
   
3. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
   weave  wind  thread  meander  wander 
   
4. catch the scent of; get wind of
   "The dog nosed out the drugs"
   scent  nose  wind 
   
5. arrange or or coil around
   "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
   wind  wrap  roll  twine 
   
6. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   "wind your watch"
   wind  wind up 
   
7. form into a wreath
   wreathe  wind