wind
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
How often you will meet it
Rank 535 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 36,551 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.017% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure also: air current, current of air trees bent under the fierce windswhen there is no wind, row
- a tendency or force that influences events the winds of change
- breath the collision knocked the wind out of him
- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk also: malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness that's a lot of winddon't give me any of that jazz
- an indication of potential opportunity also: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint he got a tip on the stock marketa good lead for a job
- a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath also: wind instrument
wind in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Howling wind, and rushing rain, without intermission.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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But there our duty lies, the wind grows cold!
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The little wind there was blew towards the land.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The good news flew like wind through the huge city.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The roar of the sea and wind was still like thunder in the air.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1