Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely
   {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS.
   windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
   Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
   {Wander}, {Wend}.]
   1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
      turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
      about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
      as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.

            Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.

            Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.  --Shak.

   3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
      pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
      govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak.

            In his terms so he would him wind.    --Chaucer.

            Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind
            all other witnesses.                  --Herrick.

            Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
            wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
                                                  --Addison.

   4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

            You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a
            power tyrannical.                     --Shak.

            Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
            such things into discourse.           --Gov. of
                                                  Tongue.

   5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
      wind a rope with twine.

   {To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil.

   {To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.

   {To wind up}.
      (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
          thread; to coil completely.
      (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
          one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
      (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
          clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
          which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
          continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
          ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.''
          --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a
          pitch.'' --Atterbury.
      (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
          as to tune it. ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy
          lute.'' --Waller.

Wind \Wind\, v. i.
   1. To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about
      anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines
      wind round a pole.

            So swift your judgments turn and wind. --Dryden.

   2. To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend;
      to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.

            And where the valley winded out below, The murmuring
            main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
                                                  --Thomson.

            He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path
            which . . . winded through the thickets of wild
            boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   3. To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and
      that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns
      and winds.

            The lowing herd wind ?lowly o'er the lea. --Gray.

            To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape.
            Long struggling underneath are they could wind Out
            of such prison.                       --Milton.

Wind \Wind\, n.
   The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a
   winding.

Wind \Wind\ (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd;
   277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG.
   wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L.
   ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai
   to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr.
   from the verb seen in Skr. v[=a] to blow, akin to AS.
   w[=a]wan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. w[=a]en, w[=a]jen, Goth.
   waian. [root]131. Cf. {Air}, {Ventail}, {Ventilate},
   {Window}, {Winnow}.]
   1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a
      current of air.

            Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill
            wind that turns none to good.         --Tusser.

            Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow.

   2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as,
      the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.

   3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or
      by an instrument.

            Their instruments were various in their kind, Some
            for the bow, and some for breathing wind. --Dryden.

   4. Power of respiration; breath.

            If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I
            would repent.                         --Shak.

   5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence;
      as, to be troubled with wind.

   6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent.

            A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift.

   7. 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.

            Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon
            these slain.                          --Ezek.
                                                  xxxvii. 9.

   Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East.
         The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points
         the name of wind.

   8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are
      distended with air, or rather affected with a violent
      inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

   9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

            Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe.
                                                  --Milton.

   10. (Zo["o]l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]

   Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of
         compound words.

   {All in the wind}. (Naut.) See under {All}, n.

   {Before the wind}. (Naut.) See under {Before}.

   {Between wind and water} (Naut.), in that part of a ship's
      side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by
      the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's
      surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part
      of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous)
      the vulnerable part or point of anything.

   {Cardinal winds}. See under {Cardinal}, a.

   {Down the wind}.
       (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as,
           birds fly swiftly down the wind.
       (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] ``He
           went down the wind still.'' --L'Estrange.

   {In the wind's eye} (Naut.), directly toward the point from
      which the wind blows.

   {Three sheets in the wind}, unsteady from drink. [Sailors'
      Slang]

Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in
   sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
   {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.]
   To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
   and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their
   horns.'' --Pennant.

         Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
         . . Wind the shrill horn.                --Pope.

         That blast was winded by the king.       --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Winding}.]
   1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

   2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
      the hounds winded the game.

   3.
      (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a
          horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of
          breath.
      (b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to
          be recovered; to breathe.

   {To wind a ship} (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the
      wind strikes it on the opposite side.

Wind \Wind\, n. (Boxing)
   The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may
   paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or
   other injury; the mark. [Slang or Cant]

Source : WordNet®

wind
     n 1: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area
          of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "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" [syn: {air current},
           {current of air}]
     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; "that's a
        lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: {idle
        words}, {jazz}, {nothingness}]
     5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
        stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: {tip}, {lead},
         {steer}, {confidential information}, {hint}]
     6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an
        enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn: {wind
        instrument}]
     7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: {fart},
         {farting}, {flatus}, {breaking wind}]
     8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
        clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: {winding}, {twist}]
     [also: {wound}]

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