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noun (1)

ˈwind How to pronounce wind (audio)
Definition of windnext
1
as in blow
noticeable movement of air in a particular direction there's a wind coming from underneath the front door

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2
as in tide
a prevailing or general movement or inclination the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue

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3
as in rhetoric
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind

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wind

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noun (2)

ˈwīnd How to pronounce wind (audio)
as in curvature
something that curves or is curved there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea

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wind

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verb

ˈwīnd How to pronounce wind (audio)
1
as in to curl
to follow a circular or spiral course flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns

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2
as in to worm
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way self-interest winds itself into everything that he does—even his alleged favors for other people

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wind
Noun
Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms are expected to inundate the area through Saturday evening, worsening flooding and bringing damaging winds and potential tornadoes, the weather service said. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Some storms may be severe, with damaging wind gusts as the primary threat. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Verb
Almost all of them — the free agents, the rookies, the journeymen — have been on their own winding paths. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The route winds slowly uphill through thick woods, then reaches the iconic Horseshoe Curve, where the tracks bend sharply around the mountainside in a massive horseshoe shape. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for wind
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wind
  1. blow
  2. tide
  3. rhetoric
  4. curvature
  5. curl
  6. worm
  7. breeze
  8. direction
Noun
  • Iran has been degraded by over 13,000 strikes, but has survived and reconstituted, rather than suffering a mortal blow.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The woman, 41-year-old Ja’Marlette Hardy, bit one of the officers during the July 1 encounter, which led to the officer delivering a blow to her head.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of blow
Noun
  • Incoming tides from the Adriatic Sea continually replenish oxygen and bring in saltwater that the females need to reproduce.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • The rhythm is dictated by the tide, instead of by game-drive schedules, and many of the most memorable encounters happen while snorkeling, scuba diving, or simply watching the ocean from the dunes.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of tide
Noun
  • The rhetoric comes across as a little harsh, and some people are disappointed by that.
    — Jack Herrera, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
  • The back-and-forth doesn’t lend itself to the rhetoric of de-escalation that Wall Street had been hoping for.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of rhetoric
Noun
  • The famed physicist’s revolutionary general theory of relativity debuted in 1915, positing that gravity can be understood as objects falling along the curvature of spacetime.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • The large 55-inch display gives you plenty of screen real estate, and the 1000R curvature wraps around your eyes for unparalleled immersion.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of curvature
Verb
  • Meg Stalter once again donned the bratty, curled wig of Mary Todd Lincoln last night, returning to her Broadway debut performance as the lead in Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary!
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
  • Kylian Mbappe, France vs Croatia, 2018 Mbappe puts the game out of Croatia’s reach by giving the keeper the eyes from distance, shaping to curl one to the right before sliding one low to the left.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of curl
Verb
  • Heath hoped that the agent could worm his way even deeper into Red44.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • The flea larvae, which look like tiny maggots, worm their way into the carpet or mattress, feeding on the flea dirt that their parents left behind, says Benson.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
Definition of worm
Noun
  • Moving every two hours was a breeze to stick to, but the returns were less impressive.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 July 2026
  • The company's MaonoLink software unlocks additional features to make recording a breeze.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
Definition of breeze
Noun
  • In that contest, Clark was assessed a technical foul for loudly clapping in the direction of Mercury players during a skirmish, which White said the officials deemed as taunting.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • All lanes of the Long Island Expressway at 188th Street were blocked in both directions due to flooding for a couple of hours in the early afternoon before reopening, according to the New York City Police Department.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of direction

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“Wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wind. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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