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wind/whined/wined/wynd

wind (wĭnd)

Noun

    • Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
    • The direction from which a movement of air comes: The wind is north-northwest.
    • Moving air carrying sound, an odour, or a scent.
    • Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration: had the wind knocked out of them.
    • Music. The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra. Often used in the plural.

Verb. Transitive wind·ed, wind·ing, winds.

    • To expose to free movement of air; ventilate or dry.
    • To detect the smell of; catch a scent of.
    • To cause to be out of or short of breath.
    • To afford a recovery of breath: stopped to wind and water the horses.

whine (hwīn, wīn)

Verb., whined, whin·ing, whines.

Verb. Intransitive

    • To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.
    • To complain or protest in a childish fashion.
    • To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining.

Verb. Transitive

    • To utter with a whine.

wined (wīned)

Verb.,  wined, win·ing, wines.

Verb. Transitive

    • To provide or entertain with wine.

Verb. Intransitive

    • To drink wine.

wynd (wīnd)

Noun

  • A narrow lane or alley.

 

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