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# wind

noun (wind /wind/, winds); verb (wind /waind/, winds, wound, winding); verb (wind /wind/ — make breathless)

«wind» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Air moving across the Earth: "a strong wind". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#m1)
2. Breath: "I got my wind back." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#m2)
3. Gas in the stomach (polite word). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#m3)
4. As a verb (rhymes with "find"), to turn or twist something round and round: "wind the string". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#m4)
5. As a verb (rhymes with "find"), to bend and turn: "The path winds through the woods." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#m5)
6. To turn a key or handle so a clock works: "wind the clock". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#m6)

### In the lessons

In science and weather, wind is moving air caused by the Sun heating the Earth unevenly; we measure it with wind vanes and anemometers; wind turbines make electricity (renewable energy). In safety: strong winds can blow down trees; stay inside in a storm. Phrases: wind up, wind down, windy, windmill, wind power, second wind.

### Examples

- The wind blew my hat off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x1)
- A wind turbine makes electricity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x2)
- Wind the string around the stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x3)
- The road winds up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x4)
- The wind is very strong today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x5)
- Kites need wind to fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x6)
- Wind the clock every night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x7)
- She got her second wind and ran faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x8)
- Set your sails with the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/#x9)

### Note

Two words with the same spelling (homographs): "wind" (moving air) says "wind" like "pinned"; "wind" (turn) rhymes with "find", past "wound". Wind power is renewable.

## In Jewish tradition

Often a tool of God: the east wind blights the ears of grain, and a wind blows the sea over Egypt's army.

**Interpretation.** The same word (ruach) also means spirit, and tradition notices that God's wind and God's spirit share a word.

### Examples

- And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. (Torah GEN.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/#x1)
- And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. (Torah GEN.41.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/#x2)
- Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Torah EXO.15.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/#x3)
- Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/#x4)
- This also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Writings ECC.2.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/#x5)
- With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. (Writings PSA.48.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/#x6)

### Note

Two words with the same spelling (homographs): "wind" (moving air) says "wind" like "pinned"; "wind" (turn) rhymes with "find", past "wound". Wind power is renewable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wind» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wind/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wind» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wind.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wind» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wind/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wind» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wind.html) on Mova free.