n. 25B6; verb
the road winds up the mountain : TWIST (AND TURN), bend, curve, loop, zigzag, weave, snake.
he wound a towel around his waist : WRAP, furl, entwine, lace.
Anne wound the wool into a ball : COIL, roll, twist, twine.
25A0; wind down
(informal) he needed to wind down : RELAX, unwind, calm down, cool down/off, ease up/off, take it easy, rest, put one's feet up; N. Amer. informal hang loose, chill (out).
the campaign was winding down : DRAW TO A CLOSE, come to an end, tail off, slack(en) off, slow down.
25A0; wind something down BRING TO A CLOSE/END, wind up, close down.
25A0; wind up (informal) END UP, finish up, find oneself, land up; informal fetch up.
25A0; wind someone up
(Brit. informal) Katie was just winding me up : TEASE, make fun of, chaff; informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, kid, have on, pull someone's leg; N. Amer. informal pull someone's chain; Austral./NZ informal poke mullock at.
David was winding him up on purpose : ANNOY, anger, irritate, exasperate, get on someone's nerves, provoke, goad; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, rile, niggle, bug, put someone's back up, get up someone's nose, hack off; Brit. informal nark; N. Amer. informal ride.
25A0; wind something up
Richard wound up the meeting : CONCLUDE, bring to an end/close, end, terminate; informal wrap up.
the company has been wound up : CLOSE (DOWN), dissolve, put into liquidation.
Local Winds
wind location
berg wind South Africa
bise central Europe
bora central Europe
brickfielder Australia
buran central Asia
Cape doctor western South Africa
chinook eastern Rockies, North America
Etesian eastern Mediterranean
föhn/foehn northern Alps
ghibli North Africa
haboob North Africa
harmattan West Africa
khamsin Egypt
levanter Mediterranean
libeccio western Italy
maestrale Mediterranean
meltemi eastern Mediterranean
mistral southern France
monsoon South Asia
nor'wester New Zealand
pampero South America
Perth doctor
shamal Persian Gulf
simoom/simoon/samiel Arabia
sirocco North Africa and southern Europe
solano Spain
southerly buster SE Australia
tramontana Italy and western Mediterranean
wet chinook north-western USA
williwaw USA and Canada
willy-willy NW Australia
zonda Argentina
Beaufort Scale
0 calm
1 light air
2 light breeze
3 gentle breeze
4 moderate breeze
5 fresh breeze
6 strong breeze
7 near gale
8 gale
9 strong gale
10 storm
11 violent storm
1217 hurricane
Wind Instruments
See also brass , organ . krummhorn
alpenhorn lysarden
altohorn melodica
bagpipes mouth organ
barrel organ oboe
basset horn oboe d'amore
bassoon ocarina
bombarde piccolo
clarinet piffero
contrabassoon pipe
cor anglais racket
cornetto recorder
didgeridoo reed pipe
fife sarrusophone
fipple flute saxophone
flageolet serpent
flute shawm
harmonica stock-and-horn
heckelphone tin whistle
kazoo whistle