What is the meaning of the word "wind"?

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  1. a tendency or force that influences events copy to clipboard noun
    • the winds of change copy to clipboard
  2. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure copy to clipboard noun
    • trees bent under the fierce winds copy to clipboard
  3. breath copy to clipboard noun
    • the collision knocked the wind out of him copy to clipboard
  4. catch the scent of copy to clipboard verb
    • get wind of copy to clipboard
  5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem copy to clipboard verb
    • wind your watch copy to clipboard
  6. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk copy to clipboard noun
    • that's a lot of wind copy to clipboard
  7. extend in curves and turns copy to clipboard verb
    • The road winds around the lake copy to clipboard
  8. the act of winding or twisting copy to clipboard noun
    • They put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind. copy to clipboard
  9. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course copy to clipboard verb
    • the river winds through the hills copy to clipboard

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