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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vind,
blåst
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- (music) A woodwind instrument. Occasionally also used to describe a brass instrument.
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blåsa
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- (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
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fis,
vind
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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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vind,
blåst,
blåsa
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- (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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fis,
vind
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wind
verb
/waɪnd/
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- (transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
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nysta
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- (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
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rulla upp,
vinda
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- (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
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skruva upp,
vrida upp
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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.
- (transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
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slingra
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winding
noun
/ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
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- The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
- (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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spolning
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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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dragande
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