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Results for: "wind"

Translating from English to Breton

Translations:

wind — movement of air
→ avel m
→ gwent m
wind — to turn coils of something around
→ rodellañ

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (8)

1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
- Example: "trees bent under the fierce winds"
- Example: "when there is no wind, row"
- Example: "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
[syn: wind, air current, current of air]

2. a tendency or force that influences events;
- Example: "the winds of change"

3. breath;
- Example: "the collision knocked the wind out of him"

4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
- Example: "that's a lot of wind"
- Example: "don't give me any of that jazz"
[syn: wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness]

5. an indication of potential opportunity;
- Example: "he got a tip on the stock market"
- Example: "a good lead for a job"
[syn: tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, 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, wind]

7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus;
[syn: fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind]

8. the act of winding or twisting;
- Example: "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
[syn: wind, winding, twist]


VERB (7)

1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
- Example: "the river winds through the hills"
- Example: "the path meanders through the vineyards"
- Example: "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
[syn: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander]

2. extend in curves and turns;
- Example: "The road winds around the lake"
- Example: "the path twisted through the forest"
[syn: wind, twist, curve]

3. arrange or or coil around;
- Example: "roll your hair around your finger"
- Example: "Twine the thread around the spool"
- Example: "She wrapped her arms around the child"
[syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine]

4. catch the scent of; get wind of;
- Example: "The dog nosed out the drugs"
[syn: scent, nose, wind]

5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;
- Example: "wind your watch"
[syn: wind, wind up]

6. form into a wreath;
[syn: wreathe, wind]

7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
- Example: "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
[syn: hoist, lift, wind]