winds
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Is winds a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressureExamples: "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"Synonyms: air current, current of air, wind
2. a tendency or force that influences eventsExamples: "the winds of change"Synonyms: wind
3. breathExamples: "the collision knocked the wind out of him"Synonyms: wind
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talkExamples: "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind
5. an indication of potential opportunityExamples: "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip, wind
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breathSynonyms: wind, wind instrument
verb (English)
1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular courseExamples: "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave, wind
2. extend in curves and turnsExamples: "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"Synonyms: curve, twist, wind
3. arrange or or coil aroundExamples: "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"Synonyms: roll, twine, wind, wrapAntonyms: unwind
4. catch the scent of; get wind ofExamples: "The dog nosed out the drugs"Synonyms: nose, scent, wind
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stemExamples: "wind your watch"Synonyms: wind, wind up
6. form into a wreathSynonyms: wind, wreathe
Definition source: Wiktionary