Wind
81wind — See: GET WIND OF, GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB, GONE WITH THE WIND, IN THE WIND, IT S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD, SECOND WIND, STRAW IN THE WIND, TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE S SAILS, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND or THREE SHEETS TO THE… …
82wind — See: GET WIND OF, GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB, GONE WITH THE WIND, IN THE WIND, IT S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD, SECOND WIND, STRAW IN THE WIND, TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE S SAILS, THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND or THREE SHEETS TO THE… …
83wind — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wint wind, Latin ventus, Greek aēnai to blow, Sanskrit vāti it blows Date: before 12th century 1. a. a natural movement of air of any velocity;… …
84Wind — Wịnd der; (e)s, e; 1 die spürbare Bewegung oder Strömung der Luft im Freien <ein schwacher, starker, stürmischer Wind; der Wind weht, bläst, legt sich; der Wind kommt von Osten> || K : Windrichtung; windgeschützt 2 oft Pl, euph ≈ Blähungen …
85wind — See: get wind of, God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, gone with the wind, in the wind, it s an ill wind that blows nobody good, second wind, straw in the wind, take the wind out of one s sails, three sheets in the wind or three sheets to the… …
86wind up — 1) PHRASAL VERB When you wind up an activity, you finish it or stop doing it. [V P n (not pron)] The President is about to wind up his visit to Somalia... [V P n (not pron)] Winding up the debate, she said: It would immediately put up interest… …
87Wind — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Air in motion. < N PARAG:Wind >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wind wind draught flatus afflatus efflation eluvium Sgm: N 1 air air Sgm: N 1 breath breath breath of air Sgm …
88wind — English has three distinct words wind. The noun, ‘moving air’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic *windaz, which also produced German and Dutch wind and Swedish and Danish vind. This in turn went back to Indo European *went , whose other… …
89wind up — phrasal verb I UK [ˈwaɪnd ˌʌp] / US noun [countable] Word forms wind up : singular wind up plural wind ups American the act of preparing to pitch a baseball II Word forms wind up : present tense I/you/we/they wind up he/she/it winds up present… …
90wind — see when the wind is in the east, ’tis neither good for man nor beast April showers bring forth May flowers God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good north wind doth blow, we shall have snow …
