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winds

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winds

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, winds is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofwinds

1noun
  • Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

    Example: "As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack."

  • Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.

    Example: "the wind of a cannon ball;  the wind of a bellows"

  • The ability to breathe easily.

    Example: "After the second lap he was already out of wind."

  • News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)

    Example: "Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend."

  • One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements).
  • Flatus.

    Example: "Eww. Someone just passed wind."

  • Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
  • The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
  • A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
  • Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
  • A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
  • Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
  • A bird, the dotterel.
  • The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
1noun
  • The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

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