WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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half*, climate, weather, arctic, cyclone, storm, woman, meteorology>, prognostication
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air current, breaking wind, confidential information, current of air, curve, fart, farting, flatus, hint, hoist, idle words, jazz, lead, lift, meander, nose, nothingness, roll, scent, steer, thread, tip, twine, twist, wander, weave, wind, winding, wind instrument, wind up, wrap, wreathe,
1. NOUN. (wind)
the act of winding or twisting
"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
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2. NOUN. (wind)
breath
"the collision knocked the wind out of him"
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3. NOUN. (wind)
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction,
4. NOUN. (wind)
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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bagpipe, pipes, brass, free-reed instrument, kazoo, ocarina, sweet potato, organ, pipe organ, organ pipe, pipe, pipework, panpipe, pandean pipe, syrinx, pipe, tabor pipe, post horn, woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood,
5. NOUN. (wind)
an indication of potential opportunity
"he got a tip on the stock market"
"a good lead for a job"
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6. NOUN. (wind)
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
"that''s a lot of wind"
"don''t give me any of that jazz"
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7. NOUN. (wind)
a tendency or force that influences events
"the winds of change"
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8. NOUN. (wind)
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
"trees bent under the fierce winds"
"when there is no wind, row"
"the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmo
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airstream, calm air, breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air, chinook, chinook wind, snow eater, harmattan, crosswind, fohn, foehn, khamsin, Santa Ana, high wind, headwind, katabatic wind, catabatic wind, tailwind, doldrums, the doldrums, east wind, easter, easterly, northwest wind, northwester, southwester, sou'wester, southeaster, sou'easter, gale, gust, blast, blow, monsoon, monsoon, north wind, norther, boreas, prevailing wind, simoom, simoon, samiel, south wind, souther, southerly, squall, thermal, draft, draught, west wind, wester,
9. VERB. (wind)
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
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10. VERB. (wind)
form into a wreath
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11. VERB. (wind)
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
"wind your watch"
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turn,
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12. VERB. (wind)
wrap or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"
"Twine the thread around the spool"
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13. VERB. (wind)
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
"the river winds through the hills"
"the path meanders through the vineyards"
"sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
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14. VERB. (wind)
catch the scent of
get wind of
"The dog nosed out the drugs"
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15. VERB. (wind)
extend in curves and turns
"The road winds around the lake"
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be,
