(wind, Poetic wīnd) noun
1. Any movement of air, especially a natural horizontal movement; air in motion naturally. See BEAUFORT SCALE.
2. Any powerful or destructive wind; a tornado; hurricane.
3. The direction from which a wind blows; one of the cardinal points of the compass: They gathered from the four winds.
4. Air in motion by artificial means: the wind of a bullet, wind from a bellows.
5. Air pervaded by a scent: The deer got wind of the hunter; hence, figuratively, a suggestion or intimation: to get wind of a plot.
6. The power of breathing or respiring; breath: He lost his wind in the race.
7. Breath as expended in words, especially as having more sound than sense; idle chatter; also, vanity; conceit.
8. plural The wind instruments of an orchestra; also, the players of these instruments. See WIND INSTRUMENT.
9. The gaseous product of indigestion; flatulence.
10. In pugilism, the pit of the stomach where a blow may cause temporary stoppage of breath: He was hit in the wind.
—in the wind
1. Impending; astir; afoot.
2. Inebriated; drunk.
—in the wind's eye Directly opposed to the point from which the wind blows.
—to break wind To expel gas through the anus.
—to get wind of To receive a hint of.
—to have in the wind To be on the track or scent of; be in pursuit of.
—to have the wind of To be to windward of; hence, to have an advantage over.
—to have the wind up To be apprehensive; be alarmed or wary.
—to sail close to the wind To sail in a direction as near as possible to that from which the wind blows; hence, to come near to the limit, as of a danger line; also, to manage or live economically.
—v.t. (wind)
1. To follow by scent; to catch a scent of on the wind.
2. To exhaust the breath of, as by fast driving or walking.
3. To allow to recover breath by resting.
4. To expose to the wind, as in ventilating. [OE]

(wīnd) v. wound (Rare wind·ed), wind·ing v.t.
1. To coil or pass (thread, rope, etc.) around some object or fixed core; twine; wreathe.
2. To encircle or cover with something, as by coiling or wrapping: to wind a spool with thread or a pillar with garlands.
3. To continue or renew the motion of, as a clock, by coiling a spring, cord, etc.
4. To cause to turn and twist.
5. To make (one's way) by a turning and twisting course.
6. To introduce carefully or deviously; insinuate: He wound himself into my confidence.
7. To raise or hoist, as by means of a capstan or windlass.
—v.i.
8. To move in a turning, twisting course; change direction; meander.
9. To coil or twine about some central object or core.
10. To move in a circular or spiral course: The hawk wound into the sky.
11. To proceed carefully or deviously; gain an end by indirect or subtle methods.
12. To warp; twist: This board winds badly.
—to wind down To decrease or be decreased gradually; de–escalate: to wind down a war.
—to wind up
1. To coil or wind round and round.
2. To put in readiness for action; excite; arouse.
3. To bring to conclusion or settlement; close, as a business: He wound up his affairs.
4. In baseball, to swing the arm preparatory to pitching.
5. To hoist.
—noun The act of winding, or the condition of being wound; a winding bend, turn, or twist. [OE windan. Akin to WAND.]
—wind′a·ble adjective

(wīnd, wind) v.t. wind·ed (erroneously wound), wind·ing
1. To blow, as a horn; sound.
2. To give (a call or signal), as with a horn. [<WIND¹; infl. by wind²]