| • | To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. |
| • | To entwist; to infold; to encircle. |
| • | To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. |
| • | To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. |
| • | To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine. |
| • | To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole. |
| • | To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees. |
| • | To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds. |
| • | The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding. |
| • | Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. |
| • | Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. |
| • | Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. |
| • | Power of respiration; breath. |
| • | Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind. |
| • | Air impregnated with an odor or scent. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | The dotterel. |
| • | To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. |
| • | To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game. |
| • | To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath. |
| • | To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. |
| • | To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes. |
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