wind
noun
/waɪnd/
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/wɪnd/
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- (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- (philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
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tuuli
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- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
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pieru,
ilmavaivat
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- A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
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puhaltaa,
hengästyä
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- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
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henki
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- (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
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henki,
lyödä ilmat pihalle
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- (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
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henki,
tuulenpaine,
tuuli
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- (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
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lyödä ilmat pihalle
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wind
verb
/waɪnd/
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/wɪnd/
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- (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
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tuuli,
puhaltaa
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- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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pieru,
ilmavaivat
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- (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
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hengästyä,
henki
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- (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
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lyödä ilmat pihalle,
tuulenpaine,
tuuli
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- (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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tuulenpaine,
tuuli
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wind
verb
/waɪnd/
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- (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
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kelata,
keriä
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- (intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
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kiemurrella,
kierrellä,
mutkitella
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- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
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kietoa
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- (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
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kietoa jonkin ympäri,
rihmata
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- (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
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pyörittää
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- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
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vetää
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winding
noun
/ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
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- The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
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kaartelu,
kela,
kelaus,
kiemura,
kiemurtelu,
kiertäminen
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- (especially, in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
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kaartelu,
kiemurtelu
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- (electrical engineering) A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
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käämi,
käämitys
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- (figurative, chiefly, in the plural) Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
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käänne
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- (Britain, nautical) The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
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kääntäminen tuuleen
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- (lutherie) Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”)
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vetäminen
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winding
adjective
/ˈwɪndɪŋ/
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- (comparable) Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.
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hengästyttävä
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- (not comparable, music) Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.
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puhallettava
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winding
noun
/ˈwɪndɪŋ/
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- (music) The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.
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puhallus
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winding
adjective
/ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
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- Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner.
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kiemurteleva
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- Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
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kiemurteleva,
mutkikas,
mutkitteleva
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