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How to sign: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
"trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmo;
Similiar / Same: air current, current of air
Categories: atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition
Within this category: airstream, breeze, calm air, chinook, crosswind, doldrums, draft, east wind, fohn, gale, gust, harmattan, headwind, high wind, katabatic wind, khamsin, monsoon, monsoon, northwest wind, north wind, prevailing wind, Santa Ana, simoom, southeaster, southwester, south wind, squall, tailwind, thermal, west wind
How to sign: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
"the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body";
Similiar / Same: thread, meander, weave, wander
Categories: go, locomote, move, travel
Within this category: snake
How to sign: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car";
Categories: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
Within this category: trice
How to sign: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
"wind your watch";
Similiar / Same: wind up
