wind
EN[ˈwɪnd] [-ɪnd] [waɪnd] [-aɪnd]UK US US
Fvent WVent
- Le vent est le mouvement au sein d’une atmosphère, masse de gaz située à la surface d'une planète, d'une partie de ce gaz.
- Les vents sont généralement classifiés selon leur ampleur spatiale, leur vitesse (ex : échelle de beaufort), leur localisation géographique, le type de force qui les produit et leurs effets.
- Le vent est l'acteur principal de l'oxygénation des océans ainsi que des lacs de haute montagne, par agitation de leurs surfaces.
- Le vent fait le plus souvent référence aux mouvements de l’air dans l'atmosphère terrestre.
- NomPLwinds
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
- As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
- The winds in Chicago are fierce.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows
- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
- After the second lap he was already out of wind.
- The fall knocked the wind out of him.
- news of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip - used with catch often in past tense.
- Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
- (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- Eww. Someone just passed wind.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called 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.
- A bird, the dotterel.
- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- VerbeSGwindsPRwindingPT, PPwindedPT, PPwound
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- Something higher must lie at the back of that eager response to pack-music and winded horn — something born of the smell of the good earth
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
- The boxer was winded during round two.
- (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
- I can’t run another step — I’m winded.
- (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
- The hounds winded the game.
- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
- to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
- Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
- To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
- Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain.
- To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
- To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- to wind a rope with twine
- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- Plus d'exemples
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- After a long day at work, she winds down by kickboxing.
- This is called the season or tempestivity of time, when time, tide, and wind meet and clasp together.
- You need to wind up the clock every day so that it doesn't run down.
- Utilisé au début de la phrase
- Wind down the car window if you want to talk to me.
- Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- For instance, one writer who discussed tracking gut-shot deer talked about a kidney hit and compared it to the liver and stomach wound.
- We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.
- You can make a complaint if you like, but you'll just be pissing in the wind.
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
Definition of wind in English Dictionary
- Partie du discours Hiérarchie
- Noms
- Noms Dénombrable
- Singularia tantum
- Noms Indénombrable
- Noms Indénombrable
- Noms Dénombrable
- Verbes
- Verbes ergatives
- Verbes transitifs
- Verbes par type d'inflexion
- Verbes irréguliers
- Verbes irréguliers
- Verbes ergatives
- Noms
Source: Wiktionnaire