Wind Definition
- In the same direction as the wind.
- As close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing.
- Likely to occur; in the offing:
Big changes are in the wind.
- Close to the wind.
- Close to danger.
- In a direction away from the wind.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wind
- before the wind
- close to the wind
- in the wind
- near the wind
- off the wind
- on
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- under the wind
- up the wind
- wind down
- wind off
- wind up
- before the wind
- break wind
- get (or have) one's wind up
- get (or have) wind of
- how the wind blows
- in the teeth of the wind
- in the wind
- into the wind
- like the wind
- off the wind
- on the wind
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- throw caution to the wind
Origin of Wind
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From Middle English, from Old English wind (“wind"), from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚wéh₁nÌ¥ts (“blowing"), present participle of *hâ‚‚weh₁- (“to blow"). Cognate with Dutch wind, German Wind, West Frisian wyn, Swedish vind, Latin ventus, Welsh gwynt, perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind"); ultimately probably cognate with weather.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English winden, from Old English windan, Æ¿indan, from Proto-Germanic *windanÄ…. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde. See also the related term wend.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English wē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English winden from Old English windan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From wind
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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