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Thus on a frosty day with wind, the face of a person exposed to the wind is at first pale and shrunk; but on turning the face from the wind, it becomes soon of a glow with warmth and flushing.

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  1. noun Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
  2. noun A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
  3. noun The direction from which a movement of air comes: The wind is north-northwest.
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  • Dor cried as his wind was all most knocked from him despite his soft landings. —  Centaur Aisle
  • Waiting for the wind is a necessary part of snow kiting. —  MailTribune.com Latest Headlines
  • I don't look forward to the temperature dropping any more, but as long as the wind is absent I don't think this winter has been too rough. —  ::A Geek in Korea::
  • Clouds of smoke, black or leaden-coloured rolled in front, the vanguard of the destroyer, and out of them leaped spouts of fiery sparks, or long tongues of yellow flame, and behind this, the forest under the fan of the wind was a glowing furnace. —  A Mating in the Wilds
  • When the wind was at his back, Roosevelt found it was not bad to gallop along through the white weather, but when he had to face it, riding over a plain or a plateau, it was a different matter, for the blast cut through him like a keen knife, and the thickest furs seemed only so much paper. —  Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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air ·  storm ·  breeze ·  wave ·  sound ·  cloud ·  heat ·  sea ·  sun ·  shoot ·  pain ·  movement

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wind:   winded ·  wound ·  winds ·  Wind ·  winding
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see wē- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English winden, from Old English windan.
  3. From wind1.

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  1. from Middle English winden, wynden (preterit wand, wond, plural wunden, wonden, wounden, wonde, past participle wunden, wonden), from Anglo-Saxon windan (preterit wand, wond, past participle wunden) = Old Saxon windan = OFries. winda = D. Low German winden = Old High German wintan, windan, Middle High German winden, German winden = Icelandic vinda, turn, wind, = Swedish vinda = Danish vinde, turn the eyes, squint, = Goth, windan (in comp. bi-windan, du-ga-win-dan), wind; cf. French guinder, Italian ghindare, wind up, from Middle High German; root unknown. From the verb wind are ult. English wend, wand, wander, windas, windlass, windlass, windle, etc.
  2. from Middle English winde (= Middle Dutch Middle High German winde, Old High German wintā); from the verb.
  3. from Middle English wind, wynd, from Anglo-Saxon wind = Old Saxon OFries. D. Low German wind = Old High German Middle High German wint, German wind = Icelandic vindr = Swedish Danish vind = Gothic (Moesogothic) winds, winths, wind, air in motion, = Welsh gwynt = Latin ventus, wind, = Greek ἀήτης, a blast, gale, wind, = Sanskrit vāta, wind; literally ‘that which blows,’ being orig. from the present participle (cf. Greek ἀείς (ἀΝεντ-), blowing, present participle) of a verb (Sanskrit √ vā) seen in Gothic (Moesogothic) waian, etc., German wehen, blow, Russ, vieiate, blow (later victerŭ, wind), etc., Lithuanian wejas, wind, from which is also ult. derived weather: see weather. From the English wind, besides the verb and the obvious derivatives or compounds, are derived window, winnow, etc.; from the L. are ult. English vent, ventilate, ventose, etc. (see also vent).
 

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