I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bullet wound
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He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
a chest injury/wound
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He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
a cold wind
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A cold wind was blowing from the north.
a knife wound
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She died from a single knife wound.
a path winds
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A narrow path wound down towards the beach.
a river winds (= it turns and curves, rather than going in a straight line )
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He could see the river winding across the plain.
a road winds (= it turns and curves, rather than going in a straight line )
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A long road wound through the park.
a war wound
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He still suffered pain from an old war wound.
a wind/woodwind instrument
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Violas blend very well with most of the wind instruments.
chilly wind/breeze/air etc
flesh wound
freak wind/wave/storm etc
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The men drowned when a freak wave sank their boat.
got...second wind
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He got his second wind and ran on.
offend/wound sb’s sensibilities
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Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.
puff of smoke/wind/air/steam etc
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The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke.
rocket/wind/nuclear/jet propulsion
rush of air/wind/water
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She felt a cold rush of air as she wound down her window.
trade wind
water/wind erosion (= caused by water or wind )
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Hedgerows and trees help to reduce the effect of wind erosion.
wind breaker
wind chill factor
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It must have been minus 5 with the wind chill factor .
wind chill
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It must have been minus 5 with the wind chill factor .
wind chimes
wind farm
wind instrument
wind power (= energy produced by the wind )
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Is wind power the answer to the energy crisis?
wind speed (= the speed of the wind )
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The average wind speed will be about 14 knots.
wind tunnel
wind turbine
wind (up) a clock (= turn a key to keep it working )
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It was one of those old clocks that you have to wind up.
wind whistling
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They listened to the wind whistling through the trees.
winding sheet
winding streets (= streets that turn in many directions )
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We spent hours exploring the town’s winding streets.
winding
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He climbed the winding path up the hill.
wind/wave energy
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The windmill uses wind energy to crush grain and pump water.
wound up
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I was too wound up to sleep.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
chill
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A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony.
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Over the valley, a full moon was rising, and a chill wind was blowing down from the distant mountains.
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Even as he looked the first drops of rain began to fall, whipped into a flurry by a chill little wind .
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By now the skies were black, a chill wind was blustering down the street and the rain was slashing sideways.
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But at least he was high above the city, where chill winds swept the air clean and freshened the skin.
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There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead now and a chill wind .
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He didn't even seem to be aware that a chill north wind was blowing.
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For some, the chill wind of competition is again blowing through their offices.
cold
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A light wind ruffled the leaves of the trees, but it was warm, not cold like the winds of winter.
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The first cold winds rattled the windowpane, and I had made it just in time.
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The bright October day belied the cold wind .
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He stared at the ice-covered ground and half listened to the cold wind moaning gently amongst the trees.
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He hid in doorways when the cold wind blew.
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There was a cold wind outside the car.
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You can feel the cold winds whipping across the barren island of Smuttynose as Maren relates her disturbing story.
high
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The more experienced may try Villa-Flotilla in Yalikavak, where high wind courses give the confidence needed to cope with choppy seas.
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First, in high winds the building could twist and turn and pull sections of the walls or windows apart.
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Earlier in the day it had been raining, now there was a high wind blowing.
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Lightning or high winds can knock branches or whole trees on to power lines, cutting the electricity to an entire neighborhood.
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The main problem is, of course, high wind .
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Downpours, lightning and thunder, high winds , a tornado that barely missed carrying away the house.
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There was a high wind and clouds scudded across the blue sky and when the sun was obscured the wind seemed cold.
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The high winds did not cease.
icy
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An icy wind howled and a great wall of snow bore down upon them.
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She felt an icy wind howl over her, a graveyard stench enter her throat, a chill finger touch her cheek.
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It is often their only protection against the icy winds of winter.
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Through her fingers Tallis could hear the horses protesting against the growing, icy wind .
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It snowed again in the night, on an icy wind .
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Cold icy winds swept under the gaps of cottage doors rattling them fiercely.
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It was cold, too, an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall.
ill
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It is, as the saying goes, an ill wind .
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It's an ill wind , thought Charles.
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It's the worst wind you can get: the nor-easter, the east and the south-east.
light
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The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind .
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Clear skies and light winds helped cleanup crews Sunday.
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This is generally okay in light to medium winds where the bait is moving very slowly through the water.
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We are dead in the water, heading into a light wind and surface current.
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We don't provide formal instruction, but novices pick up a lot by sailing out and back in light winds .
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In the night with a light fair wind we had again lost out to the Black Stream.
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Evening, and warmer air now with lighter winds .
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A light wind sprang up, and the smoke of their guns drifted over the valley towards the cemetery.
offshore
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You should never sail in an offshore wind , particularly not alone.
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Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
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The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
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At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
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Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
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Avoid strong tides, offshore winds , poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
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This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds .
prevailing
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Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
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He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
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You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind , weather and tidal conditions.
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It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
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They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
strong
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Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds .
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Driven thirty miles north last night by continuing strong southerly winds .
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They walked for miles on the hilltops in the strong clean wind , alone with the birds and the sheep.
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On one particular day I lay there watching a strong , high wind move the clouds.
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Porto Heli and Cannigione additionally offer catamaran coaching. Strong winds and some racing provide further challenges.
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A hurricane is a storm of strong circular wind flow which rotates in a counter-clockwise direction.
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Sinker A very small board which is used in stronger winds .
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Flying is often safer than towing into a really strong and gusty wind .
■ NOUN
direction
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Do check on wind direction when siting your barbecue.
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Bill would simply have to steer 106 degrees and adjust for wind direction and drift.
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Four repeaters costing £140 are available for wind and boat speed, wind direction and depth and a multifunction repeater costs £160.
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Fighting my feeling of dread, I went through the automatic routine of checking the smoke drift for wind direction .
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Odour emissions are affected by wind direction , temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
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This would certainly be hazard in a cross wind and, to an inexperienced pilot, in any wind direction .
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When sailing upwind, a change in the wind direction will make either the board point higher or lower than previously.
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This was fine until the wind direction changed slightly and came across the fixed line.
east
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Kind skies and balmy breezes instead of the cutting east wind off the marshes.
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Or was it the east wind blowing in through the open bell tower with renewed force?
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It was cold, with an east wind blowing from the sea, and it was getting dark.
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It was December and a bitterly cold east wind was blowing.
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I adjusted the sail at forty-five degrees to the east wind , and walked south.
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And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt.
farm
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The Countryside Commission has called for planning guidelines on wind farms to be issued to local authorities.
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The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
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At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
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Offshore wind farms would be more expensive to establish but far less of an eyesore.
force
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As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds , alarms warned of engine trouble.
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The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
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Gale force winds could not blow away the players' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work.
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The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
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Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
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The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds .
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Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
instrument
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The same held true for mouthpieces for wind instruments and replacement roots for teeth, Sakai explained.
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Many of the stringed instruments imitate the sounds of horses; wind instruments imitate the sounds of birds and other wild animals.
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Mac had said something about his fondness for wind instruments without actually saying what he played.
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Both were playing a traditional wind instrument known as the didgeridoo.
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Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
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The pre-Columbian Amerindian civilizations in particular produced a variety of vessel flutes, compound pipes and wind instruments .
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Native wind instruments fashioned from tiny straws are sold at a fraction of the cost of matchbox-size ghetto-blasters.
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They provided six of the centre's elephants, aged seven to 18, with a variety of percussion and wind instruments .
north
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Hot winds , and the sugary savor of the air! ... The squalling north wind beats against my windows.
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A moaning north wind that ebbed and flowed like the sound of surf and ocean waves.
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The morning was cold, in the wake of the north wind that had frozen the fields since mid-March.
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Winter is coming on the north wind , and winter in the Maine woods comes to stay for six months.
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Pine trees, swayed by the north wind , whisper; the bracken sighs.
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He didn't even seem to be aware that a chill north wind was blowing.
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Ships docking at Amnisos could well have found themselves trapped there by a north wind , just as Odysseus claimed he was.
power
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Not surprisingly wind power is regarded as having considerable potential.
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A big unknown is the fate of federal support for wind power .
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Biofuels and wind power are regarded as the most promising technologies, along with small scale hydro and tidal power.
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The market could grow much bigger if countries further subsidize wind power to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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Many congressmen are keen to revive research into renewable energy sources like solar and wind power .
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It's hoped that wind power will eventually provide up to 20 percent of the country's energy needs.
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The government hopes that wind power will meet around a tenth of total electricity demand by the year 2000.
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Of course, wind power isn't new.
speed
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There is less difference between the two hemispheres with respect to wind speeds than with respect to the pattern of the bands.
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As the wind speed varied, so did the strength of the rain.
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The reported wind speeds gave everyone a false sense of security.
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Wind drift indicators were used to figure out wind speed and direction, but they worked only if they could be seen.
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This is important because the balloon and payload could be damaged if the wind speed is above 10 knots.
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Hsu Fu would advance at her own pace, depending on the wind speed and direction.
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Another interesting option is the use of wind turbines as windbreaks to reduce wind speed and erosion.
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The wind speed and direction, and the cloud height and type were major hurdles to be overcome each hour.
trade
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To grasp the whole picture, envisage first the trade wind , blowing from east to west.
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Sometimes a trade wind takes me toward land.
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So in winter the trade winds are strengthened and diverted, and are almost reversed in summer.
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Its economy, as a world trader, is sensitive to every trade wind that blows.
tunnel
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Work includes full-scale experiments, wind tunnel studies and computational fluid dynamics.
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Fall through the platform, and unless you're either amazingly brave or stupid head down the wind tunnel to the left.
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The reverse acoustic ceilings amplify the din to a decibel range appropriate for a wind tunnel .
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It was the wind tunnel which gave birth to the characteristic shape of the Boeing 747.
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But the wind tunnel specifications called for this wall to be able to withstand seventy-five pounds a square foot.
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During wind tunnel tests on the car, at the development stage, water was added.
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By ensuring that only the most promising designs enter the wind tunnel , it has made physical evaluation more cost effective.
turbine
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The seasonal performance might be improved to some extent by using a wind turbine as the energy source.
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Gipe gives values based on rotor diameter for the outputs of a range of wind turbines currently available.
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The toilets are lit with electricity from a wind turbine .
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The organisation hopes to power the village via a wind turbine .
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Another interesting option is the use of wind turbines as windbreaks to reduce wind speed and erosion.
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These, the largest offshore wind turbines in the world, have been tested for three months.
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Britain's 2,000 kilometres of motorway could accomodate 130,000 wind turbines safely and efficiently at a cost of £10,000 for each device.
■ VERB
break
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Lifting up one of his legs he broke wind loudly, causing Sarah to purse her lips.
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When the ice jam broke and the wind dropped, the Falls returned to their former glory.
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The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit.
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Why not plant millions of them on the high plains to break the wind and conserve the soil?
drop
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Cold gusts dropped the wind chill into the low 40s and played havoc with final-round scores in the highest-scoring Nissan since 1984.
throw
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If you can't avoid trouble, then throw valour to the winds and run.
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds .
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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It continued poorly, as Gatti threw to the winds any notion of coherent tempo relationships.
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You may even throw caution to the wind and try one of our Mystery Trips.
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Fair trial rights were thrown to the wind .
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
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The players furnished all those elements in an alternately rapturous and probing performance that sporadically threw decorum to the winds .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of air/wind
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Scarcely a breath of air disturbed the stillness of the day.
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It had been a very cold but bright morning, without a breath of wind.
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Not a breath of air disturbs the tranquil spectacle.
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Ramsey presumably leant out for a breath of air.
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The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
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There was complete silence and not even a breath of wind disturbed the peace.
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There was not a breath of wind blowing, and not a leaf or blade of grass stirred.
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There was scarcely a breath of wind.
a following wind
break wind
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Lifting up one of his legs he broke wind loudly, causing Sarah to purse her lips.
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The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit.
gale/hurricane force wind
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As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
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Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
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Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
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The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
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The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds.
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The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
high wind
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At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.
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First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.
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Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.
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It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.
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More than 1, 100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.
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Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.
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On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.
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This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
merciless heat/cold/wind etc
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During the merciless heat of noon one of the frailer females collapsed, far from any possible shelter.
mortal blow/danger/wound etc
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As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
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Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
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His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
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Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
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This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
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Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
offshore wind/current etc
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At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
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Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
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Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
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Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
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The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
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This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds.
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When sailing in offshore winds, however, this rule is more often than not proved right, particularly in coastal bays.
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You should never sail in an offshore wind, particularly not alone.
piss in the wind
prevailing wind
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He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
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He faces the open end to the east, away from the sun and prevailing wind.
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It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
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Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
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They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
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You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
rub salt into the wound
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Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
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To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
sail close to the wind
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They had quite a reputation for sailing close to the wind.
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With his own property, it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind.
second wind
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By the 1980s Borge had got his second wind and looked like going on for ever as an international touring artist.
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Cruising along on a second wind.
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I was drunk, okay, but I was getting my second wind by now.
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I won my race into a 1.5 metres per second wind.
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She had got her second wind.
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She seems to have acquired a second wind.
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So one perennial idea getting a second wind is the campaign to raise the pitifully low current minimum wage.
sharp wind/frost
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The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
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There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.
stiff wind/breeze
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A stiff breeze riffles the brush.
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A stiff breeze shoves broken clouds across the moon.
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Daylight broke, a stiff breeze struck up and the sky clouded over.
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Put in on a shoe and it will wipe off in a stiff breeze.
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The mastheads of beached yachts tinkled in a stiff breeze.
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The next day was bright and cold, with a stiff breeze blowing straight down the field.
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The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze.
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Within minutes a stiff wind was blowing over the harbor.
straw in the wind
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A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together.
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But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind.
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There were other straws in the wind.
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These various statements amounted to straws in the wind rather than a fully defined policy for ending the war.
strong wind/current/tide
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A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.
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Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds.
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Firefighters must contend with steep canyons and the strong winds, not to mention hot and dry conditions.
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In very strong winds the critical place for ground handling is at the tail.
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Rip A strong current, commonly experienced on surf beaches.
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The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
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There was a strong wind blowing from the north.
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Toward late afternoon, a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
the wind drops
throw caution to the wind(s)
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
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You may even throw caution to the wind and try one of our Mystery Trips.
throw/cast caution to the winds
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
twist/turn the knife (in the wound)
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Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
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The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
wind/air/water resistance
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A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
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A car that squats low meets less wind resistance .
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If you want to lower the wind resistance on a car body how low do you want to get it?
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Naturally the water resistance was less, but modern tanning processes have improved leathers considerably.
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The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.
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This holds precisely because all objects fall at the same speed under gravity. Air resistance is being ignored here.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a 30-mile-an-hour wind
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A bitter wind was blowing from the East
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A sudden gust of wind blew the paper out of his hand.
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Strong winds caused damage to many buildings.
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The flags fluttered gently in the wind .
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We walked home through the wind and the rain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But everyone erupted into giggles and bolted down the street as free of deference as the wind .
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Gregson felt the wind whipping around him, felt the chill grow more intense.
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She could not believe that the typhoon winds of change could alter our family.
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Some kind of wind had risen outside and was whistling through the rotten window casement and the ill-fitted panes.
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There was a biting wind from the right which made all the dead winter stems rattle and rustle feverishly.
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We tie up the boats and wade up the creek towards it, enveloped in a wind of fine mist.
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With the rain came a southerly wind , moderate at first but then steadily increasing until it built to gale force.
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You can even feel the deck shift beneath your feet or shiver in the ice cold arctic wind .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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The body of the creature began to wind around him.
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However, he was reluctantly persuaded to buy a secondhand gold band with a worn heart pattern winding around it.
down
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The Volvo, whose windows wind down to reveal plush red curtains, is surrounded by stepladders.
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As we have pointed out elsewhere, t6day the economy automatically deploys fiscal stimuli when the business cycle winds down .
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But Mr Clarke showed no signs of winding down .
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Moments later, we saw the Fast on the screen change to West and the numbers began to wind down backwards.
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The government was essentially faced with the option of winding down MDC's operations or extending its boundaries.
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I stopped pushing and let the swing wind down to a stop.
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They will wind down the pain.
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Dumenil Leble has been gradually winding down its banking operations since 1993.
up
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Looking past Adam, she saw Fand had stopped by another set of steps winding up into the rock.
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Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.
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Perhaps my right hon. Friend the Minister will tell the House when he winds up .
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And should you wind up in court, a call to your friend the governor will set things straight.
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That section enables the court to wind up a company if its membership falls below two.
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If he fails he's likely to become expendable and could even wind up back at Barnsley, a forgotten man.
■ NOUN
clock
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So like an old-fashioned clock , Trevor simply winds the handle.
path
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Follow the path as it winds its way through the forest.
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These paths go winding into physical, psychological, and historical realms, all three.
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The path to employment often winds back home.
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It widened but nothing could be seen in the gap, save for the path ahead, winding on down to the valley.
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The path winds its way around the Newtown river and Clamerkin Lake providing some fine estuary walking and taking you inland a little.
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Walk along the path , as it winds its way up into the mountain.
phase
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A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
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Another consequence of the finite phase winding inductance is that the phase current can not be switched off instantaneously.
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The complete model must also take account of the voltages induced in the phase winding by rotor motion.
road
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The road was hilly and winding .
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The road winds crazily through the farms, between their buildings from one farmhouse to another.
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The road begins to wind downward; they are now passing along the main street.
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In my imagination I saw a country road winding through granite hills or threading the sides of dunes.
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Sheridan Road , which winds so prettily through the North Shore, used to be a military road for moving troops.
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Her reverie is interrupted by the sound of hooves on the long white road winding towards the house.
street
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Then we wind through interminable streets of Edwardian terraced houses converted to flats and rooms.
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I find a tiny winding street in the Marais that takes me to a shack in the courtyard of a run-down mansion.
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The only access was through the narrow, winding streets of Sandwich.
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Motorcycles whiz through winding streets , adding to a cacophony of rumbling truck motors and screaming vendors.
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It is a town of simple charms and colourful history, where winding narrow streets and alleyways present surprises at every turn.
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It is a quiet resort of winding narrow streets lined with cafés and shops.
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There are winding streets , museums, half-timbered houses and lush gardens of figs, mulberries, sweet chestnuts and vines.
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Everywhere the narrow, winding streets were lined with little golden terraced houses.
way
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Follow the path as it winds its way through the forest.
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Despite my inability to follow my own advice, we wind our way into the heart of the Cerro Colorado Mountains.
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Two freeform swimming pools wind their way through the hotel complex.
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These waterways wind their way through countryside often inaccessible by road and unchanged over the years.
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Burgon winded his way through the Bangor defence and passed the ball to Minnis whose shot was well saved by Brown.
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The path winds its way around the Newtown river and Clamerkin Lake providing some fine estuary walking and taking you inland a little.
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Dozens of the cars will wind their way around the scenic coastline on Friday.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of air/wind
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Scarcely a breath of air disturbed the stillness of the day.
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It had been a very cold but bright morning, without a breath of wind.
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Not a breath of air disturbs the tranquil spectacle.
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Ramsey presumably leant out for a breath of air.
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The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
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There was complete silence and not even a breath of wind disturbed the peace.
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There was not a breath of wind blowing, and not a leaf or blade of grass stirred.
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There was scarcely a breath of wind.
a following wind
gale/hurricane force wind
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As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
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Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
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Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
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The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
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The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds.
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The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
high wind
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At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.
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First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.
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Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.
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It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.
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More than 1, 100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.
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Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.
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On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.
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This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
merciless heat/cold/wind etc
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During the merciless heat of noon one of the frailer females collapsed, far from any possible shelter.
mortal blow/danger/wound etc
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As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
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Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
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His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
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Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
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This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
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Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
offshore wind/current etc
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At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
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Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
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Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
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Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
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The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
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This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds.
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When sailing in offshore winds, however, this rule is more often than not proved right, particularly in coastal bays.
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You should never sail in an offshore wind, particularly not alone.
prevailing wind
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He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
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He faces the open end to the east, away from the sun and prevailing wind.
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It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
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Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
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They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
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You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
second wind
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By the 1980s Borge had got his second wind and looked like going on for ever as an international touring artist.
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Cruising along on a second wind.
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I was drunk, okay, but I was getting my second wind by now.
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I won my race into a 1.5 metres per second wind.
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She had got her second wind.
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She seems to have acquired a second wind.
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So one perennial idea getting a second wind is the campaign to raise the pitifully low current minimum wage.
sharp wind/frost
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The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
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There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.
stiff wind/breeze
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A stiff breeze riffles the brush.
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A stiff breeze shoves broken clouds across the moon.
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Daylight broke, a stiff breeze struck up and the sky clouded over.
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Put in on a shoe and it will wipe off in a stiff breeze.
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The mastheads of beached yachts tinkled in a stiff breeze.
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The next day was bright and cold, with a stiff breeze blowing straight down the field.
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The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze.
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Within minutes a stiff wind was blowing over the harbor.
straw in the wind
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A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together.
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But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind.
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There were other straws in the wind.
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These various statements amounted to straws in the wind rather than a fully defined policy for ending the war.
strong wind/current/tide
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A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.
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Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds.
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Firefighters must contend with steep canyons and the strong winds, not to mention hot and dry conditions.
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In very strong winds the critical place for ground handling is at the tail.
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Rip A strong current, commonly experienced on surf beaches.
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The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
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There was a strong wind blowing from the north.
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Toward late afternoon, a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
throw/cast caution to the winds
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
twist/turn the knife (in the wound)
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Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
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The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger
wind/air/water resistance
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A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
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A car that squats low meets less wind resistance .
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If you want to lower the wind resistance on a car body how low do you want to get it?
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Naturally the water resistance was less, but modern tanning processes have improved leathers considerably.
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The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.
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This holds precisely because all objects fall at the same speed under gravity. Air resistance is being ignored here.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I hate watches that you have to wind .
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My watch has stopped - I must have forgotten to wind it.
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Route 101 winds along the coastline for several hundred miles.
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She wound the car window down to speak to the police officer.
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The staircase appears almost to be floating on air, as it winds its way up three stories.
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The trail winds through the hills and then down towards Ironhorse Falls.
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We decided to take the Blueridge Parkway, which winds its way through the Smoky Mountains.
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You wind the handle on the side to make the music play.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the day winds on, he collects a few possums, a couple of skunks.
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He could maybe wind her up a bit if he had the chance.
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Herb could wind up on the Ginza in Tokyo.
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Once they were driving to meet friends for dinner when they spotted a pair winding across the highway.
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Try winding four or five large curlers into the crown to add height.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
phase
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A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
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Another consequence of the finite phase winding inductance is that the phase current can not be switched off instantaneously.
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The complete model must also take account of the voltages induced in the phase winding by rotor motion.
■ VERB
begin
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The Saigon River now begins to wind like a serpent.
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Moments later, we saw the Fast on the screen change to West and the numbers began to wind down backwards.
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The body of the creature began to wind around him.
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The road begins to wind downward; they are now passing along the main street.
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Business began to wind down as men tacitly awaited the new regime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Once they were driving to meet friends for dinner when they spotted a pair winding across the highway.