WIND


Meaning of WIND in English

n. 25B6; noun

the trees were swaying in the wind : BREEZE, current of air; gale, hurricane; informal blow; poetic/literary zephyr. See lists.

Jez got his wind back : BREATH; informal puff.

you do talk a lot of wind. : See hot air .

FLATULENCE, gas; formal flatus.

music for piano and wind. : See list.

aeolian.

25A0; get wind of (informal) HEAR ABOUT/OF, learn of, find out about, be told about, be informed of; informal hear something on the grapevine.

25A0; in the wind ON THE WAY, coming, about to happen, in the offing, in the air, on the horizon, approaching, looming, brewing, afoot; informal on the cards.

25A0; put the wind up someone (Brit. informal) SCARE, frighten, make afraid, make nervous, throw into a panic, alarm.

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