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(1):

(v. t.) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

(2):

(n.) Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.

(4):

(v. t.) To entwist; to infold; to encircle.

(5):

(v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.

(6):

(v. t.) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

(7):

(v. t.) To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.

(8):

(v. i.) To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.

(9):

(v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.

(10):

(v. i.) 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.

(11):

(n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

(12):

(n.) Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.

(13):

(n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.

(14):

(n.) Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.

(15):

(n.) Power of respiration; breath.

(16):

(v. t.) To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.

(17):

(n.) Air impregnated with an odor or scent.

(18):

(n.) 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.

(19):

(n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

(20):

(n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

(21):

(n.) The dotterel.

(22):

(v. t.) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.

(23):

(n.) The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark.

(24):

(v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.

(25):

(v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wind'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wind.html. 1828.
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