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wind noun

  /ˈwaɪnd/ , /ˈwɪnd/
  • (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.
tuuli
  • (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
pieru, ilmavaivat
  • A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points.
puhaltaa, hengästyä
  • A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
henki
  • (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
henki, lyödä ilmat pihalle
  • (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
henki, tuulenpaine, tuuli
  • (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
lyödä ilmat pihalle

wind verb

  /ˈwaɪnd/ , /ˈwɪnd/
  • (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
tuuli, puhaltaa
  • (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
pieru, ilmavaivat
  • (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
hengästyä, henki
  • (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
lyödä ilmat pihalle, tuulenpaine, tuuli
  • (transitive, British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
tuulenpaine, tuuli

wind verb

  /waɪnd/
  • (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
kelata, keriä
  • (intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
kiemurrella, kierrellä, mutkitella
  • (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
kietoa
  • (transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
kietoa jonkin ympäri, rihmata
  • (transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
pyörittää
  • (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
vetää

winding noun

  /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
  • The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
kaartelu, kela, kelaus, kiemura, kiemurtelu, kiertäminen
  • (especially, in the plural) A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
kaartelu, kiemurtelu
  • (electrical engineering) A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
käämi, käämitys
  • (figurative, chiefly, in the plural) Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
käänne
  • (Britain, nautical) The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
kääntäminen tuuleen
  • (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”)
vetäminen

winding adjective

  /ˈwɪndɪŋ/
  • (comparable) Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.
hengästyttävä
  • (not comparable, music) Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.
puhallettava

winding noun

  /ˈwɪndɪŋ/
  • (music) The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.
puhallus

winding adjective

  /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
  • Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner.
kiemurteleva
  • Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
kiemurteleva, mutkikas, mutkitteleva

winded adjective

  • Out of breath.
hengästynyt
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