"wind" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɪnd/ Audio: en-us-wind-air.ogg [US], en-uk-wind.ogg [UK] Forms: wind [singular], winds [plural]
enPR: wĭnd Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Wind is the moving air.
    Sense id: simple-wind-en-noun-hJYL9MxL

Verb

IPA: /waɪnd/ Audio: en-us-wind-turn.ogg [US] Forms: wind [canonical], winds [third-person, singular], wound [past], wound [past, participle], winding [present, participle]
enPR: wīnd Head templates: {{verb2|wind|winds|wound|wound|winding}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you wind something you wrap it around and make it tight.
    Sense id: simple-wind-en-verb-COsUPRdz
  2. If you wind a clock or watch you tighten a spring inside it. This is done by turning knob. The spring powers the clock or watch as it unwinds (stops being tight).
    Sense id: simple-wind-en-verb-5LwpYhsJ
  3. If something winds it twists around in different directions.
    Sense id: simple-wind-en-verb-MkPHVWSN
  4. If something winds down, it runs out of power and gets slower. (Like a watch that is unwinding.)
    Sense id: simple-wind-en-verb-5c3hF2pl
  5. How something winds up is how it becomes in the end or after something happens.
    Sense id: simple-wind-en-verb-ibN9EgQf
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