Betekenis van wind In het Nederlands

• 0 a current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt:

  • There isn't enough wind to fly a kite.

  • The forecast warned of winds of up to 60 miles an hour today.

  • There was a light wind blowing.

  • Strong/High winds made the crossing very choppy.

  • The sails flapped in the wind.

  • literary There wasn't a breath of (= even a slight amount of) wind.

  • A gust of wind suddenly caught her skirt.

  • The wind is beginning to pick up (= get stronger).

  • She ran like the wind (= very fast) to catch up.

• 1 breath or the ability to breathe:

  • The blow to my stomach knocked the wind out of me.

  • I rarely bother to listen to politicians' speeches - it's all just wind.

• 2 gas in the bowels or in a baby's stomach, especially when this makes you feel uncomfortable or makes noises:

  • I like garlic but it gives me terrible wind.

• 3 the group of woodwind instruments (= ones played by blowing into a hole near one end)and their players in an orchestra

• 4 to make it difficult or temporarily impossible for someone to breathe, usually by hitting them in the stomach

• 5 to rub or very gently hit a baby on the back to allow air to come up from the stomach

• 6 to turn or cause something to turn:

  • She wound the handle but nothing happened.

  • Once she was in the car, she wound the window down/up (= caused it to open/close by turning a handle).

  • That noise you can hear is the tape winding back.

  • The river winds through the valley.

• 7 to wrap something around an object several times or twist it repeatedly around itself:

  • She wound a scarf around her neck.

  • He wound the string into a ball.

  • He wound a small bandage round her finger.

• 8 the movement of air outside, esp. when strong enough to be felt:

  • [ U ] The wind is so strong that it’s hard to keep an umbrella up.

  • [ C ] We expect light winds from the west today.

• 9 breath or the ability to breathe:

  • She ran so hard that it took her a few seconds to get her wind (back) before she could speak.

• 10 to twist something around something else or turn something in a circle:

  • [ T ] She wound the string around the spool.

• 11 (of a road, path, or river) to follow a route that turns repeatedly in different directions:

  • The river winds through the valley.