wind
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
» There was no wind at all yesterday.
Вчера вообще не было ветра.
Вчора взагалі не було вітру.
Meaning
19 senses(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.
(countable, uncountable)Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
the wind of a cannon ball
the wind of a bellows
(countable, uncountable)The ability to breathe easily.
After the second lap he was already out of wind.
The fall knocked the wind out of him.
духdux, дыха́ниеdyxánije
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.
to catch wind of something
Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A tendency or trend.
the wind of change
(countable, uncountable)One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
Wind
ве́терvéter, тече́ниеtečénije, возду́шная струя́vozdúšnaja strujá
ві́терvíter
(countable, uncountable)One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
(colloquial, uncountable)Flatus.
to pass wind
ве́трыvétry, перде́ниеperdénije, пу́каниеpúkanije
(countable, uncountable)Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
(countable, uncountable)The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
духовы́еduxovýje
(countable, uncountable)A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
(countable, uncountable)A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
the four winds
Examples
1463 sentencesThere was no wind at all yesterday.
Вчора взагалі не було вітру.
ruВчера вообще не было ветра.
There's no wind today.
Сьогодні нема вітру.
ruСегодня нет ветра.
deHeute gibt es keinen Wind.
The wind grew stronger.
Вітер підсилювався.
ruВетер усилился.
There was no wind.
Вітру не було.
ruВетра не было.
deEs war kein Wind.
The wind changed directions.
Вітер змінив напрям.
ruВетер поменял направление.
deDer Wind wechselte die Richtung.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
From Middle English wynden, from Old English windan, from Proto-Germanic *windaną. Compare West Frisian wine, Low German winden, Dutch winden, German winden, Danish vinde, Walloon windea. See also the related term wend.
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Forms
plural: windsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
194 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- wind blew
- strong wind
- wind is blowing
- the wind blew
- the wind is
- the strong wind
- gust of wind
- a strong wind
- the wind has
- no wind
- was no wind
- like the wind's