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wind
     n 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" [syn: {air current},
           {current of air}]
     2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of
        change"
     3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
     4: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
        lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: {idle
        words}, {jazz}, {nothingness}]
     5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
        stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: {tip}, {lead},
         {steer}, {confidential information}, {hint}]
     6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an
        enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn: {wind
        instrument}]
     7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: {fart},
         {farting}, {flatus}, {breaking wind}]
     8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
        clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: {winding}, {twist}]
     v 1: 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" [syn: {weave}, {thread},
           {meander}, {wander}]
     2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
        [syn: {curve}]
     3: wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger";
        "Twine the thread around the spool" [syn: {wrap}, {roll},
        {twine}] [ant: {unwind}]
     4: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the
        drugs" [syn: {scent}, {nose}]
     5: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a
        stem; "wind your watch" [syn: {wind up}]
     6: form into a wreath [syn: {wreathe}]
     7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
        the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: {hoist}, {lift}]
     [also: {wound}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0


wound
     adj : put in a coil
     n 1: any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or
          surgical incision [syn: {lesion}]
     2: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
         {injury}, {combat injury}]
     3: a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared
        that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her
        breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a
        good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has
        taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over
        it"--Robert Frost
     4: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: {wounding}]
     v 1: cause injuries or bodily harm to [syn: {injure}]
     2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
        me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
        [syn: {hurt}, {injure}, {bruise}, {offend}, {spite}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0


wound
     See {wind}
Source: WordNet® 2.0


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