wind
 I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bullet wound
▪ He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
a chest injury/wound
▪ He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
a cold wind
▪ A cold wind was blowing from the north.
a knife wound
▪ She died from a single knife wound.
a path winds
▪ A narrow path wound down towards the beach.
a river winds (=it turns and curves, rather than going in a straight line)
▪ He could see the river winding across the plain.
a road winds (=it turns and curves, rather than going in a straight line)
▪ A long road wound through the park.
a war wound
▪ He still suffered pain from an old war wound.
a wind/woodwind instrument
▪ Violas blend very well with most of the wind instruments.
chilly wind/breeze/air etc
flesh wound
freak wind/wave/storm etc
▪ The men drowned when a freak wave sank their boat.
got...second wind
▪ He got his second wind and ran on.
offend/wound sb’s sensibilities
▪ Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.
puff of smoke/wind/air/steam etc
▪ The dragon disappeared in a puff of smoke.
rocket/wind/nuclear/jet propulsion
rush of air/wind/water
▪ She felt a cold rush of air as she wound down her window.
trade wind
water/wind erosion (=caused by water or wind)
▪ Hedgerows and trees help to reduce the effect of wind erosion.
wind breaker
wind chill factor
▪ It must have been minus 5 with the wind chill factor.
wind chill
▪ It must have been minus 5 with the wind chill factor.
wind chimes
wind farm
wind instrument
wind power (=energy produced by the wind)
▪ Is wind power the answer to the energy crisis?
wind speed (=the speed of the wind)
▪ The average wind speed will be about 14 knots.
wind tunnel
wind turbine
wind (up) a clock (=turn a key to keep it working)
▪ It was one of those old clocks that you have to wind up.
wind whistling
▪ They listened to the wind whistling through the trees.
winding sheet
winding streets (=streets that turn in many directions)
▪ We spent hours exploring the town’s winding streets.
winding
▪ He climbed the winding path up the hill.
wind/wave energy
▪ The windmill uses wind energy to crush grain and pump water.
wound up
▪ I was too wound up to sleep.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADJECTIVE
chill
▪ A chill wind came through the open doors to the balcony.
▪ Over the valley, a full moon was rising, and a chill wind was blowing down from the distant mountains.
▪ Even as he looked the first drops of rain began to fall, whipped into a flurry by a chill little wind.
▪ By now the skies were black, a chill wind was blustering down the street and the rain was slashing sideways.
▪ But at least he was high above the city, where chill winds swept the air clean and freshened the skin.
▪ There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead now and a chill wind.
▪ He didn't even seem to be aware that a chill north wind was blowing.
▪ For some, the chill wind of competition is again blowing through their offices.
cold
▪ A light wind ruffled the leaves of the trees, but it was warm, not cold like the winds of winter.
▪ The first cold winds rattled the windowpane, and I had made it just in time.
▪ The bright October day belied the cold wind.
▪ He stared at the ice-covered ground and half listened to the cold wind moaning gently amongst the trees.
▪ He hid in doorways when the cold wind blew.
▪ There was a cold wind outside the car.
▪ You can feel the cold winds whipping across the barren island of Smuttynose as Maren relates her disturbing story.
high
▪ The more experienced may try Villa-Flotilla in Yalikavak, where high wind courses give the confidence needed to cope with choppy seas.
▪ First, in high winds the building could twist and turn and pull sections of the walls or windows apart.
▪ Earlier in the day it had been raining, now there was a high wind blowing.
▪ Lightning or high winds can knock branches or whole trees on to power lines, cutting the electricity to an entire neighborhood.
▪ The main problem is, of course, high wind.
▪ Downpours, lightning and thunder, high winds, a tornado that barely missed carrying away the house.
▪ There was a high wind and clouds scudded across the blue sky and when the sun was obscured the wind seemed cold.
▪ The high winds did not cease.
icy
▪ An icy wind howled and a great wall of snow bore down upon them.
▪ She felt an icy wind howl over her, a graveyard stench enter her throat, a chill finger touch her cheek.
▪ It is often their only protection against the icy winds of winter.
▪ Through her fingers Tallis could hear the horses protesting against the growing, icy wind.
▪ It snowed again in the night, on an icy wind.
▪ Cold icy winds swept under the gaps of cottage doors rattling them fiercely.
▪ It was cold, too, an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall.
ill
▪ It is, as the saying goes, an ill wind.
▪ It's an ill wind, thought Charles.
▪ It's the worst wind you can get: the nor-easter, the east and the south-east.
light
▪ The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind.
▪ Clear skies and light winds helped cleanup crews Sunday.
▪ This is generally okay in light to medium winds where the bait is moving very slowly through the water.
▪ We are dead in the water, heading into a light wind and surface current.
▪ We don't provide formal instruction, but novices pick up a lot by sailing out and back in light winds.
▪ In the night with a light fair wind we had again lost out to the Black Stream.
▪ Evening, and warmer air now with lighter winds.
▪ A light wind sprang up, and the smoke of their guns drifted over the valley towards the cemetery.
offshore
▪ You should never sail in an offshore wind, particularly not alone.
▪ Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
▪ The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
▪ At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
▪ Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
▪ Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
▪ This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds.
prevailing
▪ Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
▪ He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
▪ You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
▪ It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
▪ They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
strong
▪ Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds.
▪ Driven thirty miles north last night by continuing strong southerly winds.
▪ They walked for miles on the hilltops in the strong clean wind, alone with the birds and the sheep.
▪ On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.
▪ Porto Heli and Cannigione additionally offer catamaran coaching. Strong winds and some racing provide further challenges.
▪ A hurricane is a storm of strong circular wind flow which rotates in a counter-clockwise direction.
▪ Sinker A very small board which is used in stronger winds.
▪ Flying is often safer than towing into a really strong and gusty wind.
NOUN
direction
▪ Do check on wind direction when siting your barbecue.
▪ Bill would simply have to steer 106 degrees and adjust for wind direction and drift.
▪ Four repeaters costing £140 are available for wind and boat speed, wind direction and depth and a multifunction repeater costs £160.
▪ Fighting my feeling of dread, I went through the automatic routine of checking the smoke drift for wind direction.
▪ Odour emissions are affected by wind direction, temperature inversion, ambient temperatures and humidity.
▪ This would certainly be hazard in a cross wind and, to an inexperienced pilot, in any wind direction.
▪ When sailing upwind, a change in the wind direction will make either the board point higher or lower than previously.
▪ This was fine until the wind direction changed slightly and came across the fixed line.
east
▪ Kind skies and balmy breezes instead of the cutting east wind off the marshes.
▪ Or was it the east wind blowing in through the open bell tower with renewed force?
▪ It was cold, with an east wind blowing from the sea, and it was getting dark.
▪ It was December and a bitterly cold east wind was blowing.
▪ I adjusted the sail at forty-five degrees to the east wind, and walked south.
▪ And with an east wind behind them they could not abruptly halt.
farm
▪ The Countryside Commission has called for planning guidelines on wind farms to be issued to local authorities.
▪ The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
▪ At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
▪ Offshore wind farms would be more expensive to establish but far less of an eyesore.
force
▪ As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
▪ The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
▪ Gale force winds could not blow away the players' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work.
▪ The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
▪ Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
▪ The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds.
▪ Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
instrument
▪ The same held true for mouthpieces for wind instruments and replacement roots for teeth, Sakai explained.
▪ Many of the stringed instruments imitate the sounds of horses; wind instruments imitate the sounds of birds and other wild animals.
▪ Mac had said something about his fondness for wind instruments without actually saying what he played.
▪ Both were playing a traditional wind instrument known as the didgeridoo.
▪ Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
▪ The pre-Columbian Amerindian civilizations in particular produced a variety of vessel flutes, compound pipes and wind instruments.
▪ Native wind instruments fashioned from tiny straws are sold at a fraction of the cost of matchbox-size ghetto-blasters.
▪ They provided six of the centre's elephants, aged seven to 18, with a variety of percussion and wind instruments.
north
▪ Hot winds, and the sugary savor of the air! ... The squalling north wind beats against my windows.
▪ A moaning north wind that ebbed and flowed like the sound of surf and ocean waves.
▪ The morning was cold, in the wake of the north wind that had frozen the fields since mid-March.
▪ Winter is coming on the north wind, and winter in the Maine woods comes to stay for six months.
▪ Pine trees, swayed by the north wind, whisper; the bracken sighs.
▪ He didn't even seem to be aware that a chill north wind was blowing.
▪ Ships docking at Amnisos could well have found themselves trapped there by a north wind, just as Odysseus claimed he was.
power
▪ Not surprisingly wind power is regarded as having considerable potential.
▪ A big unknown is the fate of federal support for wind power.
▪ Biofuels and wind power are regarded as the most promising technologies, along with small scale hydro and tidal power.
▪ The market could grow much bigger if countries further subsidize wind power to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
▪ Many congressmen are keen to revive research into renewable energy sources like solar and wind power.
▪ It's hoped that wind power will eventually provide up to 20 percent of the country's energy needs.
▪ The government hopes that wind power will meet around a tenth of total electricity demand by the year 2000.
▪ Of course, wind power isn't new.
speed
▪ There is less difference between the two hemispheres with respect to wind speeds than with respect to the pattern of the bands.
▪ As the wind speed varied, so did the strength of the rain.
▪ The reported wind speeds gave everyone a false sense of security.
▪ Wind drift indicators were used to figure out wind speed and direction, but they worked only if they could be seen.
▪ This is important because the balloon and payload could be damaged if the wind speed is above 10 knots.
▪ Hsu Fu would advance at her own pace, depending on the wind speed and direction.
▪ Another interesting option is the use of wind turbines as windbreaks to reduce wind speed and erosion.
▪ The wind speed and direction, and the cloud height and type were major hurdles to be overcome each hour.
trade
▪ To grasp the whole picture, envisage first the trade wind, blowing from east to west.
▪ Sometimes a trade wind takes me toward land.
▪ So in winter the trade winds are strengthened and diverted, and are almost reversed in summer.
▪ Its economy, as a world trader, is sensitive to every trade wind that blows.
tunnel
▪ Work includes full-scale experiments, wind tunnel studies and computational fluid dynamics.
▪ Fall through the platform, and unless you're either amazingly brave or stupid head down the wind tunnel to the left.
▪ The reverse acoustic ceilings amplify the din to a decibel range appropriate for a wind tunnel.
▪ It was the wind tunnel which gave birth to the characteristic shape of the Boeing 747.
▪ But the wind tunnel specifications called for this wall to be able to withstand seventy-five pounds a square foot.
▪ During wind tunnel tests on the car, at the development stage, water was added.
▪ By ensuring that only the most promising designs enter the wind tunnel, it has made physical evaluation more cost effective.
turbine
▪ The seasonal performance might be improved to some extent by using a wind turbine as the energy source.
▪ Gipe gives values based on rotor diameter for the outputs of a range of wind turbines currently available.
▪ The toilets are lit with electricity from a wind turbine.
▪ The organisation hopes to power the village via a wind turbine.
▪ Another interesting option is the use of wind turbines as windbreaks to reduce wind speed and erosion.
▪ These, the largest offshore wind turbines in the world, have been tested for three months.
▪ Britain's 2,000 kilometres of motorway could accomodate 130,000 wind turbines safely and efficiently at a cost of £10,000 for each device.
VERB
break
▪ Lifting up one of his legs he broke wind loudly, causing Sarah to purse her lips.
▪ When the ice jam broke and the wind dropped, the Falls returned to their former glory.
▪ The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit.
▪ Why not plant millions of them on the high plains to break the wind and conserve the soil?
drop
▪ Cold gusts dropped the wind chill into the low 40s and played havoc with final-round scores in the highest-scoring Nissan since 1984.
throw
▪ If you can't avoid trouble, then throw valour to the winds and run.
▪ Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
▪ My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
▪ It continued poorly, as Gatti threw to the winds any notion of coherent tempo relationships.
▪ You may even throw caution to the wind and try one of our Mystery Trips.
▪ Fair trial rights were thrown to the wind.
▪ The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
▪ The players furnished all those elements in an alternately rapturous and probing performance that sporadically threw decorum to the winds.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of air/wind
▪ Scarcely a breath of air disturbed the stillness of the day.
▪ It had been a very cold but bright morning, without a breath of wind.
▪ Not a breath of air disturbs the tranquil spectacle.
▪ Ramsey presumably leant out for a breath of air.
▪ The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
▪ There was complete silence and not even a breath of wind disturbed the peace.
▪ There was not a breath of wind blowing, and not a leaf or blade of grass stirred.
▪ There was scarcely a breath of wind.
a following wind
break wind
▪ Lifting up one of his legs he broke wind loudly, causing Sarah to purse her lips.
▪ The boy might break wind or say a naughty word and forfeit the protection of that great white spirit.
gale/hurricane force wind
▪ As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
▪ Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
▪ Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
▪ The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
▪ The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds.
▪ The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
high wind
▪ At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.
▪ First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.
▪ Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.
▪ It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.
▪ More than 1, 100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.
▪ Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.
▪ On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.
▪ This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
merciless heat/cold/wind etc
▪ During the merciless heat of noon one of the frailer females collapsed, far from any possible shelter.
mortal blow/danger/wound etc
▪ As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
▪ Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
▪ His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
▪ Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
▪ This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
▪ Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
offshore wind/current etc
▪ At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
▪ Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
▪ Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
▪ Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
▪ The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
▪ This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds.
▪ When sailing in offshore winds, however, this rule is more often than not proved right, particularly in coastal bays.
▪ You should never sail in an offshore wind, particularly not alone.
piss in the wind
prevailing wind
▪ He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
▪ He faces the open end to the east, away from the sun and prevailing wind.
▪ It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
▪ Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
▪ They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
▪ You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
rub salt into the wound
▪ Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
▪ To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
sail close to the wind
▪ They had quite a reputation for sailing close to the wind.
▪ With his own property, it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind.
second wind
▪ By the 1980s Borge had got his second wind and looked like going on for ever as an international touring artist.
▪ Cruising along on a second wind.
▪ I was drunk, okay, but I was getting my second wind by now.
▪ I won my race into a 1.5 metres per second wind.
▪ She had got her second wind.
▪ She seems to have acquired a second wind.
▪ So one perennial idea getting a second wind is the campaign to raise the pitifully low current minimum wage.
sharp wind/frost
▪ The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
▪ There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.
stiff wind/breeze
▪ A stiff breeze riffles the brush.
▪ A stiff breeze shoves broken clouds across the moon.
▪ Daylight broke, a stiff breeze struck up and the sky clouded over.
▪ Put in on a shoe and it will wipe off in a stiff breeze.
▪ The mastheads of beached yachts tinkled in a stiff breeze.
▪ The next day was bright and cold, with a stiff breeze blowing straight down the field.
▪ The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze.
▪ Within minutes a stiff wind was blowing over the harbor.
straw in the wind
▪ A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together.
▪ But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind.
▪ There were other straws in the wind.
▪ These various statements amounted to straws in the wind rather than a fully defined policy for ending the war.
strong wind/current/tide
▪ A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.
▪ Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds.
▪ Firefighters must contend with steep canyons and the strong winds, not to mention hot and dry conditions.
▪ In very strong winds the critical place for ground handling is at the tail.
▪ Rip A strong current, commonly experienced on surf beaches.
▪ The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
▪ There was a strong wind blowing from the north.
▪ Toward late afternoon, a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
the wind drops
throw caution to the wind(s)
▪ Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
▪ My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
▪ The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
▪ You may even throw caution to the wind and try one of our Mystery Trips.
throw/cast caution to the winds
▪ Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
▪ My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
▪ The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
twist/turn the knife (in the wound)
▪ Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
▪ The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
wind/air/water resistance
▪ A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
▪ A car that squats low meets less wind resistance.
▪ If you want to lower the wind resistance on a car body how low do you want to get it?
▪ Naturally the water resistance was less, but modern tanning processes have improved leathers considerably.
▪ The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.
▪ This holds precisely because all objects fall at the same speed under gravity. Air resistance is being ignored here.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a 30-mile-an-hour wind
▪ A bitter wind was blowing from the East
▪ A sudden gust of wind blew the paper out of his hand.
▪ Strong winds caused damage to many buildings.
▪ The flags fluttered gently in the wind.
▪ We walked home through the wind and the rain.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But everyone erupted into giggles and bolted down the street as free of deference as the wind.
▪ Gregson felt the wind whipping around him, felt the chill grow more intense.
▪ She could not believe that the typhoon winds of change could alter our family.
▪ Some kind of wind had risen outside and was whistling through the rotten window casement and the ill-fitted panes.
▪ There was a biting wind from the right which made all the dead winter stems rattle and rustle feverishly.
▪ We tie up the boats and wade up the creek towards it, enveloped in a wind of fine mist.
▪ With the rain came a southerly wind, moderate at first but then steadily increasing until it built to gale force.
▪ You can even feel the deck shift beneath your feet or shiver in the ice cold arctic wind.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
around
▪ The body of the creature began to wind around him.
▪ However, he was reluctantly persuaded to buy a secondhand gold band with a worn heart pattern winding around it.
down
▪ The Volvo, whose windows wind down to reveal plush red curtains, is surrounded by stepladders.
▪ As we have pointed out elsewhere, t6day the economy automatically deploys fiscal stimuli when the business cycle winds down.
▪ But Mr Clarke showed no signs of winding down.
▪ Moments later, we saw the Fast on the screen change to West and the numbers began to wind down backwards.
▪ The government was essentially faced with the option of winding down MDC's operations or extending its boundaries.
▪ I stopped pushing and let the swing wind down to a stop.
▪ They will wind down the pain.
▪ Dumenil Leble has been gradually winding down its banking operations since 1993.
up
▪ Looking past Adam, she saw Fand had stopped by another set of steps winding up into the rock.
▪ Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.
▪ Perhaps my right hon. Friend the Minister will tell the House when he winds up.
▪ And should you wind up in court, a call to your friend the governor will set things straight.
▪ That section enables the court to wind up a company if its membership falls below two.
▪ If he fails he's likely to become expendable and could even wind up back at Barnsley, a forgotten man.
NOUN
clock
▪ So like an old-fashioned clock, Trevor simply winds the handle.
path
▪ Follow the path as it winds its way through the forest.
▪ These paths go winding into physical, psychological, and historical realms, all three.
▪ The path to employment often winds back home.
▪ It widened but nothing could be seen in the gap, save for the path ahead, winding on down to the valley.
▪ The path winds its way around the Newtown river and Clamerkin Lake providing some fine estuary walking and taking you inland a little.
▪ Walk along the path, as it winds its way up into the mountain.
phase
▪ A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
▪ Another consequence of the finite phase winding inductance is that the phase current can not be switched off instantaneously.
▪ The complete model must also take account of the voltages induced in the phase winding by rotor motion.
road
▪ The road was hilly and winding.
▪ The road winds crazily through the farms, between their buildings from one farmhouse to another.
▪ The road begins to wind downward; they are now passing along the main street.
▪ In my imagination I saw a country road winding through granite hills or threading the sides of dunes.
▪ Sheridan Road, which winds so prettily through the North Shore, used to be a military road for moving troops.
▪ Her reverie is interrupted by the sound of hooves on the long white road winding towards the house.
street
▪ Then we wind through interminable streets of Edwardian terraced houses converted to flats and rooms.
▪ I find a tiny winding street in the Marais that takes me to a shack in the courtyard of a run-down mansion.
▪ The only access was through the narrow, winding streets of Sandwich.
▪ Motorcycles whiz through winding streets, adding to a cacophony of rumbling truck motors and screaming vendors.
▪ It is a town of simple charms and colourful history, where winding narrow streets and alleyways present surprises at every turn.
▪ It is a quiet resort of winding narrow streets lined with cafés and shops.
▪ There are winding streets, museums, half-timbered houses and lush gardens of figs, mulberries, sweet chestnuts and vines.
▪ Everywhere the narrow, winding streets were lined with little golden terraced houses.
way
▪ Follow the path as it winds its way through the forest.
▪ Despite my inability to follow my own advice, we wind our way into the heart of the Cerro Colorado Mountains.
▪ Two freeform swimming pools wind their way through the hotel complex.
▪ These waterways wind their way through countryside often inaccessible by road and unchanged over the years.
▪ Burgon winded his way through the Bangor defence and passed the ball to Minnis whose shot was well saved by Brown.
▪ The path winds its way around the Newtown river and Clamerkin Lake providing some fine estuary walking and taking you inland a little.
▪ Dozens of the cars will wind their way around the scenic coastline on Friday.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a breath of air/wind
▪ Scarcely a breath of air disturbed the stillness of the day.
▪ It had been a very cold but bright morning, without a breath of wind.
▪ Not a breath of air disturbs the tranquil spectacle.
▪ Ramsey presumably leant out for a breath of air.
▪ The moon was hidden under a veil of clouds, and there was not a breath of wind.
▪ There was complete silence and not even a breath of wind disturbed the peace.
▪ There was not a breath of wind blowing, and not a leaf or blade of grass stirred.
▪ There was scarcely a breath of wind.
a following wind
gale/hurricane force wind
▪ As the Sea King hovered in gale force winds, alarms warned of engine trouble.
▪ Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs.
▪ Read in studio Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.
▪ The superstar's Coral Gables mansion was battered by gale force winds which left windows smashed and wrecked her garden.
▪ The tanker, the Braer, crashed into the rocky coast in heavy seas and gale force winds.
▪ The whole service has taken some five and a half hours in gale force winds and heavy seas.
high wind
▪ At present, they can only develop profitably in locations with high wind speed.
▪ First high winds blow Stu Miller off the mound, forcing a balk, at Candlestick Park.
▪ Four guylines are attached half way up the pole sleeve to storm-lash the tent - great for very high winds.
▪ It was a shed that wobbled in high winds.
▪ More than 1, 100 plows struggled to keep up with the high winds and drifts of four to six feet.
▪ Nevertheless, there was a degree of innovation in one aspect of this design: its ability to resist high wind.
▪ On one particular day I lay there watching a strong, high wind move the clouds.
▪ This allows good use of space, but high winds compress the sides.
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)
merciless heat/cold/wind etc
▪ During the merciless heat of noon one of the frailer females collapsed, far from any possible shelter.
mortal blow/danger/wound etc
▪ As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
▪ Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
▪ His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
▪ Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
▪ This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
▪ Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
offshore wind/current etc
▪ At the moment, only inshore wind farms have been erected but there is great potential in offshore wind.
▪ Avoid strong tides, offshore winds, poor visibility or sailing in the dark.
▪ Large swell waves may be present with an absolutely calm sea or even with light offshore winds in the opposite direction.
▪ Steady offshore winds keep blowing the water westward where it becomes heated.
▪ The government has responded by planning offshore wind farms on the Ijsselmeer.
▪ This is an essential skill in gusty offshore winds.
▪ When sailing in offshore winds, however, this rule is more often than not proved right, particularly in coastal bays.
▪ You should never sail in an offshore wind, particularly not alone.
prevailing wind
▪ He also organized the compilation and publication of charts showing the prevailing winds and currents for each quarter of the year.
▪ He faces the open end to the east, away from the sun and prevailing wind.
▪ It was an entire nation of pragmatists, each individual swaying with the prevailing wind to ensure his or her own future.
▪ Protection from the prevailing wind can often be provided by rock outcrops or carefully planted shrubs in the background.
▪ They will adjust, bending like bamboos before the prevailing wind from the north.
▪ You must be reasonably fit and be sure you can handle the prevailing wind, weather and tidal conditions.
second wind
▪ By the 1980s Borge had got his second wind and looked like going on for ever as an international touring artist.
▪ Cruising along on a second wind.
▪ I was drunk, okay, but I was getting my second wind by now.
▪ I won my race into a 1.5 metres per second wind.
▪ She had got her second wind.
▪ She seems to have acquired a second wind.
▪ So one perennial idea getting a second wind is the campaign to raise the pitifully low current minimum wage.
sharp wind/frost
▪ The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
▪ There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.
stiff wind/breeze
▪ A stiff breeze riffles the brush.
▪ A stiff breeze shoves broken clouds across the moon.
▪ Daylight broke, a stiff breeze struck up and the sky clouded over.
▪ Put in on a shoe and it will wipe off in a stiff breeze.
▪ The mastheads of beached yachts tinkled in a stiff breeze.
▪ The next day was bright and cold, with a stiff breeze blowing straight down the field.
▪ The skill is running down the beach with all your equipment often in a stiff breeze.
▪ Within minutes a stiff wind was blowing over the harbor.
straw in the wind
▪ A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together.
▪ But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind.
▪ There were other straws in the wind.
▪ These various statements amounted to straws in the wind rather than a fully defined policy for ending the war.
strong wind/current/tide
▪ A strong wind was now blowing and there was a loud crack of thunder.
▪ Disadvantages: Lack of volume, thus difficult to sail in all but strong winds.
▪ Firefighters must contend with steep canyons and the strong winds, not to mention hot and dry conditions.
▪ In very strong winds the critical place for ground handling is at the tail.
▪ Rip A strong current, commonly experienced on surf beaches.
▪ The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
▪ There was a strong wind blowing from the north.
▪ Toward late afternoon, a strong wind came up and the sky clouded over.
throw/cast caution to the winds
▪ Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
▪ My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
▪ The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
twist/turn the knife (in the wound)
▪ Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
▪ The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
twist/wrap/wind sb around your little finger
wind/air/water resistance
▪ A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
▪ A car that squats low meets less wind resistance.
▪ If you want to lower the wind resistance on a car body how low do you want to get it?
▪ Naturally the water resistance was less, but modern tanning processes have improved leathers considerably.
▪ The actual path taken by the orbiter is complex and designed to minimize the effect of air resistance on the craft.
▪ This holds precisely because all objects fall at the same speed under gravity. Air resistance is being ignored here.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I hate watches that you have to wind.
▪ My watch has stopped - I must have forgotten to wind it.
▪ Route 101 winds along the coastline for several hundred miles.
▪ She wound the car window down to speak to the police officer.
▪ The staircase appears almost to be floating on air, as it winds its way up three stories.
▪ The trail winds through the hills and then down towards Ironhorse Falls.
▪ We decided to take the Blueridge Parkway, which winds its way through the Smoky Mountains.
▪ You wind the handle on the side to make the music play.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As the day winds on, he collects a few possums, a couple of skunks.
▪ He could maybe wind her up a bit if he had the chance.
▪ Herb could wind up on the Ginza in Tokyo.
▪ Once they were driving to meet friends for dinner when they spotted a pair winding across the highway.
▪ Try winding four or five large curlers into the crown to add height.
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
phase
▪ A 3-phase 15° step-angle variable-reluctance motor has a rated phase current 01 2.0A and a phase winding resistance of 5.0 ohms.
▪ Another consequence of the finite phase winding inductance is that the phase current can not be switched off instantaneously.
▪ The complete model must also take account of the voltages induced in the phase winding by rotor motion.
VERB
begin
▪ The Saigon River now begins to wind like a serpent.
▪ Moments later, we saw the Fast on the screen change to West and the numbers began to wind down backwards.
▪ The body of the creature began to wind around him.
▪ The road begins to wind downward; they are now passing along the main street.
▪ Business began to wind down as men tacitly awaited the new regime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Once they were driving to meet friends for dinner when they spotted a pair winding across the highway.
wind
I. wind1 S2 W2 /wɪnd/ noun
[Language : Old English]
1. AIR [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE](also the wind) moving air, especially when it moves strongly or quickly in a current ⇨ windy:
▪ The wind blew from the northeast.
▪ Planes were unable to take off because of high winds. ⇨ crosswind, downwind, headwind, tailwind, trade wind, upwind
2. get/have wind of something
informal to hear or find out about something secret or private:
▪ You’d better hope the press doesn’t get wind of this.
3. BREATH [UNCOUNTABLE]your ability to breathe normally
get your wind (back) (=be able to breathe normally again, for example after running)
knock the wind out of somebody (=hit someone in the stomach so that they cannot breathe for a moment) ⇨ second wind at second1(12), ⇨ windpipe
4. IN YOUR STOMACH [UNCOUNTABLE] British English the condition of having air or gas in your stomach or intestines, or the air or gas itself SYN gas American English:
▪ I can’t drink beer – it gives me wind.
▪ ‘What’s wrong with the baby?’ ‘Just a little wind.’
5. take the wind out of sb’s sails
informal to make someone lose their confidence, especially by saying or doing something unexpected
6. see which way the wind is blowing
to find out what the situation is before you do something or make a decision
7. something is in the wind
used to say that something is happening or going to happen, but the details are not clear:
▪ If there was a merger in the wind, I’m sure we’d hear about it.
8. winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
used to refer to things that have important effects, and that cannot be stopped:
▪ The winds of change are blowing through the entire organization.
9. put the wind up somebody/get the wind up
British English informal if you put the wind up someone, you make them feel anxious or frightened. If you get the wind up, you become anxious or frightened:
▪ The threat of legal action will be enough to put the wind up them.
10. MUSIC the winds/the wind section the people in an orchestra or band who play musical instruments that you blow through, such as a flute
11. like the wind
if someone or something moves or runs like the wind, they move or run very quickly:
▪ She ran like the wind down the stairs to escape.
12. TALK [UNCOUNTABLE] British English informal talk that does not mean anything
⇨ break wind at break1(31), ⇨ it’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good) at ill1(4), ⇨ sail close to the wind at sail1(6), ⇨ straw in the wind at straw(5)
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COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
▪strong
▪ The wind was so strong he could hardly stand.
▪light/gentle (=not strong)
▪ Winds tomorrow will be light.
▪high winds (=strong wind)
▪ High winds are making driving conditions difficult.
▪a cold/chill wind
▪ There was a cold wind this afternoon.
▪an icy/biting/bitter wind (=very cold)
▪ She shivered in the icy wind.
▪a gusty/blustery wind (=not blowing steadily)
▪ A blustery wind was sending light flurries of rain against the window.
▪a fresh wind British English (=quite cold and strong)
▪ It will feel colder in places exposed to a fresh northeasterly wind.
▪a 20-/40-mile-an-hour wind
▪ The walkers struggled in 35-mile-an-hour winds.
▪gale force/hurricane force winds (=very strong)
▪ He was buffeted by the gale force winds.
▪the north/south etc wind (=coming from the north etc)
▪ They sought shelter from the north wind.
▪a northerly/southerly etc wind (=coming from the north etc)
▪ A fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards.
▪the prevailing wind (=the most frequent wind in an area)
▪ The prevailing wind comes from the west.
verbs
▪the wind blows
▪ A cold wind was blowing.
▪the wind picks up (also the wind gets up British English) (=becomes stronger)
▪ The rain beat down and the wind was picking up.
▪the wind drops/dies down (=becomes less strong)
▪ The wind had dropped a little.
▪the wind howls (=makes a lot of noise)
▪ The wind howled round the house all night.
▪the wind changes (=starts blowing from a different direction)
▪ The wind had to change before his fighting ships could sail against the Spanish.
phrases
▪a gust of wind
▪ A gust of wind rattled the window.
▪be blowing/swaying/flapping etc in the wind
▪ The trees were all swaying in the wind.
wind + NOUN
▪wind speed
▪ Wind speeds of up to 80 miles an hour were recorded.
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THESAURUS
▪wind air moving in a current, especially strongly or quickly :
▪ A cold wind was blowing from the east.
▪ Strong winds caused damage to many buildings.
▪breeze a gentle pleasant wind :
▪ The trees were moving gently in the breeze.
▪ A slight breeze ruffled her hair.
▪draught British English, draft American English /drɑːft $ dræft/ a current of cool air which blows into a room, especially one that makes you feel uncomfortable :
▪ There’s a bit of a draught in here – can you close the door?
a strong wind
▪gale a very strong wind :
▪ The ship was blown off course in a severe gale.
▪ Howling gales and torrential rain continued throughout the night.
▪hurricane a storm that has very strong fast winds and that moves over water – used about storms in the North Atlantic Ocean :
▪ The hurricane devastated Florida and killed at least 40 people.
▪typhoon a violent tropical storm – used about storms in the Western Pacific Ocean :
▪ A typhoon has hit the Philippines, lifting roofs off houses and uprooting trees.
▪tornado (also twister American English informal) a violent storm with strong winds that spin very quickly in a circle, often forming a cloud that is narrower at the bottom than the top :
▪ The town was hit by a tornado that damaged several homes.
▪cyclone a violent tropical storm with strong winds that spin in a circle :
▪ A devastating cyclone struck Bangladesh in April that year.
▪ This cyclone was traveling at speeds in excess of 21 miles per hour.
II. wind2 S3 W3 /waɪnd/ verb (past tense and past participle wound /waʊnd/)
1. [TRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]
to turn or twist something several times around something else
wind something around/round something
▪ The hair is divided into sections and wound around heated rods.
2. [TRANSITIVE]
(also wind up) to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working:
▪ Did you remember to wind the clock?
3. [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]
if a road, river etc winds somewhere, it has many smooth bends and is usually very long
wind (its way) through/along etc something
▪ Highway 99 winds its way along the coast.
▪ a winding path
4. [TRANSITIVE]
to make a tape move in a machine
wind something forward/back
▪ Can you wind the video back a little way – I want to see that bit again.
⇨ rewind
—wind noun [COUNTABLE]
wind down phrasal verb
1. wind something ↔ down
to gradually reduce the work of a business or organization so that it can be closed down completely
2. to rest and relax after a lot of hard work or excitement:
▪ I find it difficult to wind down after a day at work.
3. wind something ↔ down
British English to make something, especially a car window, move down by turning a handle or pressing a button
wind up phrasal verb
1. to bring an activity, meeting etc to an end:
▪ OK, just to wind up, could I summarize what we’ve decided?
wind something ↔ up
▪ It’s time to wind things up – I have a plane to catch.
2. wind something ↔ up
to close down a company or organization:
▪ Our operations in Jamaica are being wound up.
3. [LINKING VERB]
informal to be in an unpleasant situation or place after a lot has happened SYN end up
wind up in/at/with etc
▪ You know you’re going to wind up in court over this.
wind up doing something
▪ I wound up wishing I’d never come.
4. wind somebody ↔ up
British English to deliberately say or do something that will annoy or worry someone, as a joke ⇨ tease:
▪ They’re only winding you up. ⇨ wound up
5. wind something ↔ up
to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working
6. wind something ↔ up
British English to make something, especially a car window, move up by turning a handle or pressing a button:
▪ Could you wind the window up, please?
III. wind3 /wɪnd/ verb (past tense and past participle winded) [TRANSITIVE]
to make someone have difficulty breathing, as a result of falling on something or being hit:
▪ The fall winded him and he lay still for a moment.
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