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For the verb: "to wind"
Simple Past: wound
Past Participle: wound

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wind1 /wɪnd/
▶noun
  • 1 the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current blowing from a particular direction.

    ■ the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body.

  • 2 breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, playing an instrument, etc.
  • 3 Brit. air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion.
  • 4 meaningless talk.
  • 5 (also winds) [treated as sing. or pl.] wind or woodwind instruments forming a band or section of an orchestra.
  • 6 a scent carried by the wind, indicating the proximity of an animal or person.
▶verb
  • 1 cause to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.
  • 2 Brit. make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back.
  • 3 detect the scent of.
  • 4 /wʌɪnd/ (past and past part. winded or wound /waʊnd/) literary sound (a bugle or call) by blowing.
– phrases
before the wind Sailing with the wind blowing from astern.
get wind of informal hear a rumour of.
off the wind Sailing with the wind on the quarter.
on a wind Sailing against a wind on either bow.
put (or have) the wind up Brit. informal alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened).
sail close to (or near) the wind
  • 1 sail as nearly against the wind as possible.
  • 2 behave or operate in a risky way.
take the wind out of someone's sails frustrate someone by anticipating an action or remark.
to the wind (s) (or the four winds) in all directions. [from ‘And fear of death deliver to the winds’ (Milton's Paradise Lost).]
– derivatives
windless adjective.
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wind2 /wʌɪnd/
▶verb (past and past part. wound /waʊnd/)
  • 1 move in or take a twisting or spiral course.
  • 2 pass (something) around a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold them.

    ■ (with reference to a length of something) twist or be twisted around itself or a core.

  • 3 make (a clock or clockwork device) operate by turning a key or handle.

    ■ turn (a key or handle) repeatedly.

  • 4 move (an audio or video tape or a film) back or forwards to a desired point.
  • 5 hoist or draw with a windlass, winch, etc.
▶noun
  • 1 a twist or turn in a course.
  • 2 a single turn made when winding.
– phrasal verbs
wind down
  • 1 (of a clockwork mechanism) gradually lose power.
  • 2 informal relax.
  • 3 (also wind something down) draw or bring gradually to a close.
wind up informal end up in a specified state, situation, or place.
wind someone up Brit. informal tease or irritate someone.
wind something up
  • 1 arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company.
  • 2 gradually bring an activity to a conclusion.
  • 3 informal increase the tension or power of something.
– origin OE windan ‘go rapidly, twine’, of Gmc origin; rel. to wander and wend.



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