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[wɪnd] noun I

1) [C/U] a natural current of air that moves fast enough for you to feel it

A cold wind blew.[/ex]

During the night the wind picked up (= got stronger).[/ex]

The helicopter can't reach them until the wind drops (= becomes less strong).[/ex]

A large gust of wind swept his hat into the sea.[/ex]

See:

headwind

2) [singular] the air in your lungs

The heavy blow knocked the wind out of him.[/ex]

3) [U] British

gas produced in your stomach that makes you feel uncomfortable II

(past tense and past participle wound [waʊnd] ) verb

wind */[waɪnd]

1) [T] to wrap or twist something around something else

I put on my coat and wound a scarf round my neck.[/ex]

2) [I/T] to follow a course or path that curves or twists a lot

The River Nile winds through Sudan and Egypt.[/ex]

The bus wound its way up the mountain.[/ex]

3) [T] to make a video or a CASSETTE TAPE move forwards or backwards in a machine

I've wound it back to the beginning.[/ex]

See:

rewind

4) [T] British

to make the window of a vehicle move up or down

Wind down the window and let some air in.[/ex]

5) [T] if you wind a watch or clock, you make it operate by turning a part of it round and round

•

- wind down

- wind (sth) down

- wind up

- wind sb up

- wind sth up

III

verb [T]

wind [wɪnd]

1) to hit someone hard in the stomach, so that they have difficulty breathing

2) British

to help a baby to get rid of the gas in its stomach by rubbing its back