Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
The ability to breathe easily.
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.figuratively
A tendency or trend.figuratively
One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
Flatus.colloquial
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.figuratively
A bird, the dotterel.
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.slang
(usually as the wind) Something irrelevant; something that can be explained away.ironic, slang
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
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winds
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You know the phrase, we reap what we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
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