wind

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

“trees bent under the fierce winds”

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

“wind your watch”

an indication of potential opportunity

a tendency or force that influences events

“the winds of change”

breath

“the collision knocked the wind out of him”

catch the scent of; get wind of

a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

form into a wreath

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

“that's a lot of wind”

arrange or or coil around