wind
- noun
- /waɪnd/
- And that wind-up doll happens to have a Ph.D.
Examples
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The centuries-old structure was honeycombed with winding passages and unexpected stairways—treacherous quarters for the blind.
Academic text (1996) -
The 1936 four-door Lincoln Zephyr sedan moved down the winding road at a decent, if unhurried, pace.
Fiction book (2001) -
What, like I'm a wind-up toy?
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On the back of the clock were the old-fashioned pins and wind-up keys.
Fiction book (1991) -
A well-maintained one-way loop road winds counterclockwise through the valley.
Academic text (1994) -
To make the toy work, you need to wind it up with the key provided.
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He carefully wound the mechanism of the antique clock to keep it running.
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After the film, we discussed the winding up of the story and the characters' fates.
Synonyms
A curved shape made by turning or winding something
Turning something around quickly so it spins
Turning something around to make a tight coil
Antonyms
Idioms
- Specialized
Sailing with the boat pointed almost into the wind to go as directly toward it as possible
- Literature
A person who moves or behaves in a smooth, flexible way like a dancer
Compounds
- Specialized
An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind
- Specialized
A large machine that moves air to test how it affects objects like cars or planes
- Specialized
A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
- Specialized
A strong wind that blows when cold, heavy air flows down from high ground like a mountain or plateau
- US
A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and quickly raises temperature
- Specialized
A wind in the tropics that blows from west to east above the trade winds
A decorative thing of metal, glass or clay that hangs and makes a soft tinkling sound in wind
- US
A wildflower with thin stems and bright red cup-shaped flowers that grows in California
- Specialized
A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is
How Tight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wind as an act of turning comes from the verb 'to wind' meaning 'to turn', so a single wind of a clock is one full turn that makes the mechanism move.