n.

1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
   air current, current of air
   
   • 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
2. a tendency or force that influences events
   
   • the winds of change
3. breath
   
   • the collision knocked the wind out of him
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
   idle words, jazz, nothingness
   
   • that's a lot of wind
   • don't give me any of that jazz
5. an indication of potential opportunity;
   tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint
   
   • he got a tip on the stock market
   • a good lead for a job
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath;
   wind instrument
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus;
   fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind
8. the act of winding or twisting;
   winding, twist
   
   • he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

v.

1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
   weave, thread, meander, wander
   
   • the river winds through the hills
   • the path meanders through the vineyards
   • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
2. extend in curves and turns;
   twist, curve
   
   • The road winds around the lake
   • the path twisted through the forest
3. wrap or coil around;
   wrap, roll, twine
   
   • roll your hair around your finger
   • Twine the thread around the spool
4. catch the scent of; get wind of;
   scent, nose
   
   • The dog nosed out the drugs
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;
   wind up
   
   • wind your watch
6. form into a wreath;
   wreathe
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
   hoist, lift
   
   • hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car