wind

wind
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n
1. air, breeze, zephyr, stream of air, current of air, draft; puff, breath of air, wiffet, sough; inflow, indraft, inspiration, inrush; waft, gentle wind, light air, sea breeze, Naut. cat's-paw.
2. gust, blast, squall, gale, flurry, flaw, windflaw, blow; northeaster, nor'easter, northwester, nor'wester, southeaster, sou'easter, southwester, sou'wester; east wind, west wind, levanter, levanto, gregale, mistral, kite-wind, bise; trade wind, doldrums, prevailing wind; tempest, storm, equinoctial, hurricane, typhoon, williwaw; snowstorm, blizzard, snow squall; sirocco, Sp. leveche. dust storm, sandstorm, haboob; cyclone, tornado, Australian. willy-willy, twister, Sp. baguio. whirlwind, eddy.
3. flatulence, flatus, flatuosity, gas; crepitation, Sl., Vulgar. fart, Med. borborygmus, windiness.
4. empty talk, babble, claptrap, hot air, twaddle, Sl. bull, humbug; swagger, boasting, brag, fustian, rodomontade, braggadocio; nonsense, balderdash, falderal, stuff and nonsense, twiddle-twaddle; hogwash, Inf. rot, Sl. baloney, Inf. flapdoodle, Inf. hooey; blabber, Inf. gibble-gabble, prattle, gibberish.
5. hint, intimation, suggestion, insinuation, inkling; innuendo, information, intelligence, report, news, notice.
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1. bend, turn, curve, swerve, loop, crook, hook; meander, zigzag, change course, deviate, warp; tack, heel, yaw, slew, haul, jibe, cast, break, veer, swing; twist and turn, contort, snake, worm, convolute, flow around; wander, rove, Chiefly Scot. wimple, wend.
2. coil, curl, round, wreathe, twine, whirl, twirl, swirl, corkscrew; convolve, twist, involve, roll, reel, whorl; scallop, intwist, intort, sinuate, kink, crimp.
3. wind upa. crank, hoist up, turn, set, cock, prepare.b. conclude, bring to an end, end, finish up, get done, terminate; round off, top off, close up, get through, put the finishing touches on, resolve.c. excite, stir up, fluster, flurry, agitate; perturb, ruffle, disconcert, discompose.

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