| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| CROSSWIND | • crosswind n. A wind blowing across a line of travel. • CROSSWIND n. a wind blowing across one's direction of travel. |
| DOWNWIND | • downwind adv. In the same direction as the wind is blowing. • downwind adv. (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind. • downwind adv. (Aviation) in the direction opposite that of landing in a traffic pattern. |
| ENWIND | • enwind v. (Transitive) To wind about (something); to encircle. • ENWIND v. to enwrap, also INWIND. |
| FOREWIND | • forewind n. A favourable wind. • FOREWIND n. a wind from the forequarter. |
| HEADWIND | • headwind n. A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship. • headwind n. (Figurative, by extension) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress. • head␣wind n. Alternative form of headwind. |
| INTERWIND | • interwind v. To wind around; to intertwine. • interwind n. (Astronomy) The equivalent of solar wind from a pulsar. • INTERWIND v. to wind in among. |
| INWIND | • inwind v. To wind inward. • INWIND v. to enwrap, also ENWIND. |
| LANDWIND | • landwind n. Alternative form of land wind. • land␣wind n. A wind blowing off the land. • LANDWIND n. a wind blowing off the land. |
| OUTWIND | • outwind v. (Transitive) To extricate by winding; to unloose. • outwind v. (Transitive) To surpass in wind or breath. • OUTWIND v. to unwind. |
| OVERWIND | • overwind v. (Transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively. • overwind v. To twist itself more tightly. • overwind n. (Rare) Excessive wind; a movement of such atmospheric air caused by air pressure. |
| REWIND | • rewind v. (Transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) again. • rewind v. (Transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape, CD, DVD… • rewind v. (Figurative) To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse. |
| TAILWIND | • tailwind n. A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc. • tailwind n. (Figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress. • tailwind v. Of wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong… |
| UNWIND | • unwind v. (Transitive) To separate (something that is wound up). • unwind v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disentangle. • unwind v. (Intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress. |
| UPWIND | • upwind adj. Exposed to the wind. • upwind adv. In the direction from which the wind is blowing. • upwind v. (Transitive, archaic) To wind upwards. |
| WHIRLWIND | • whirlwind n. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the… • whirlwind n. (Figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward. • whirlwind adj. Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance. |
| WIND | • wind n. (Countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection… • wind n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. • wind n. (Countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily. |
| WITHWIND | • withwind n. A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). • WITHWIND n. (dialect) bindweed or other climbing plant, also WITHYWIND. |
| WITHYWIND | • withywind n. Alternative form of withwind. • WITHYWIND n. (dialect) bindweed or other climbing plant, also WITHWIND. |
| WOODWIND | • woodwind n. (Music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it… • WOODWIND n. any orchestral wind instrument other than the brass instruments. |