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/ˈwɪnd/ · noun
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure..
The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
The winds in Chicago are fierce.
There was a sudden gust of wind, on which spores were borne away.
The window was banging in the wind.
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
the wind of a cannon ball
the wind of a bellows
Use wind when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wind means (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure..
Common synonyms include breeze, draft, gale, gas.
Possible antonyms include unwind, unroll, wind off.
The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
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