wind+about
81wind-blown — [[t]wɪnd bloʊn[/t]] also windblown 1) ADJ You can use wind blown to indicate that something has been blown from one place to another by the wind. ...the wind blown sand which forms the 60 ft dunes. 2) ADJ GRADED If something such as someone s… …
82wind — 1. a belch or fart In genteel use, only of belching, about which there are fewer taboos than farting: Baked beans, which always give me terrible wind... (Matthew, 1978) See also windy1. 2. (the) American dismissal from… …
83about ship — Synonyms and related words: back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about, double a point,… …
84wind tunnel — A tubelike structure or passage, sometimes continuous, which together with its adjuncts (such as a fan), produces a high speed movement of air or other gas. Objects such as engines or aircraft, airfoils, rockets (or models of these objects), etc …
85wind someone up — 1 (Brit. informal) Katie was just winding me up: TEASE, make fun of, chaff; informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, kid, have on, pull someone s leg; N. Amer. informal …
86wind of, get — Hear about (usu. unintentionally or accidentally) …
87wind-puff — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : puffing of the skin about a wound caused by air that has entered (as after the caponizing of a cockerel) 2. : windgall 1 …
88in the wind — ON THE WAY, coming, about to happen, in the offing, in the air, on the horizon, approaching, looming, brewing, afoot; informal on the cards. → wind * * * adverb (or adjective) : about to happen : astir, afoot, up something was in the wind …
89get a second wind — to have increased energy or strength after feeling tired or weak. The automobile industry seems to have gotten a second wind. Fred somehow got his second wind about halfway through the race …
90To wind off — 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}.] …
