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(noun) the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" |
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Synonyms: twist, winding |
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Related Words: rotation |
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(verb) tighten the spring of (a mechanisms); wind up the toy" |
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Synonyms: wind up |
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Related Words: fasten, tighten |
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(noun) breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" |
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Related Words: breathing out, exhalation, expiration |
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(verb) of springs |
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Synonyms: wind up |
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Related Words: fasten, tighten |
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(verb) wrap around, move around |
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Synonyms: roll, wrap |
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Related Words: ball, clew, clue, coil, curl, displace, loop, move, reel, spool |
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Antonyms: unwind |
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(verb) extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake" |
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Synonyms: curve |
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Related Words: be, circumvolute, snake, spiral |
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(noun) empty or insincere or exaggerated talk; that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" |
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Synonyms: idle words, jazz, nothingness |
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Related Words: talk, talking |
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(noun) a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change" |
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Related Words: influence |
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(noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds" |
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Related Words: air, air current, airstream, atmospheric condition, blast, blow, boreas, breeze, calm air, chinook, chinook wind, crosswind, doldrums, draft, draught, east wind, easter, easterly, foehn, fohn, gale, gentle wind, gust, harmattan, headwind, monsoon, north wind, norther, northwest wind, northwester, prevailing wind, samiel, simoom, simoon, snow eater, sou'easter, sou'wester, south wind, southeaster, souther, southerly, southwester, squall, tailwind, the doldrums, weather, weather condition, west wind, wester, westerly, zephyr |
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(verb) form into a wreath |
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Synonyms: wreathe |
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Related Words: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course: the river winds through the hills. |
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Synonyms: meander, thread, weave |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, snake, travel |
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(noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
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Synonyms: wind instrument |
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Related Words: bagpipe, brass, free-reed instrument, kazoo, musical instrument, ocarina, organ, organ pipe, pandean pipe, panpipe, pipe, pipe organ, pipes, pipework, post horn, sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument |
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(verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" |
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Synonyms: hoist, lift |
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Related Words: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise, trice, trice up |
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(verb) catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs" |
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Synonyms: nose, scent |
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Related Words: smell |
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(noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
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Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus |
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Related Words: physiological reaction, reflex |
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(noun) an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
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Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip |
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Related Words: counsel, counseling, direction, guidance |
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