Vine vs Wind - What's the difference?
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the climbing plant that produces grapes
any plant of the genus Vitis
(US) by extension, any similar climbing or trailing plant
(countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
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, title= Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
(countable, uncountable) The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath.
* Shakespeare
news of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip - used with catch often in past tense
(India, and, Japan) One of the five basic elements (see ).
(uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
* (John Dryden)
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
* Bible, (Ezekiel) xxxvii. 9
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
* (John Milton)
A bird, the dotterel.
To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
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To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
(reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
(British) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
To perceive or follow by scent.
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
(lb) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Whether to wind / The woodbine round this arbour.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
(lb) To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
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To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.
(lb) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
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*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path whichwinded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.
*(Thomas Gray) (1716-1771)
*:The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.}}
*1969 , (Paul McCartney)
*:The long and winding road / That leads to your door / Will never disappear.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus
* (1591-1674)
*:Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please / And wind all other witnesses.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:You have contrivedto wind / Yourself into a power tyrannical.
*Government of Tongues
*:little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse
To cover or surround with something coiled about.
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The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
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As a verb vine
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wind; movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure.vine
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Noun
(wikipedia vine) (en noun)Synonyms
* (climbing plant that produces grapes) grapevine * (any climbing or trailing plant) climber (UK) * (covered with vines) iviedDerived terms
* Alleghany vine, Allegheny vine * American vine * arbor vine * balloon vine * Barbados-gooseberry vine * bean vine * bittervine * black-eyed Susan vine * black vine * black vine weevil * buckwheat vine * Burdekin vine * calabar-bean vine * canary vine * canarybird vine * cantaloupe vine * caustic vine * chalice vine * Chilean potato vine * China fleece vine * Chinese matrimony vine * Chinese trumpet vine * cinnamon vine * climbing vine * clockvine * common grape vine * common matrimony vine * condor vine * coral vine * corkscrew vine * cow itch vine * cross vine, cross-vine * cubeb vine * cucumber vine * cup-and-saucer vine * cypress vine * deer vine * die on the vine * dwell under one's vine and fig-tree * Easter lily vine * elephant's-vine * goa bean vine * gourd vine * granadilla vine * grapevine * groundnut vine * guinea gold vine * Harvey's vine * hemp-vine, hempvine * hop vine, hop-vine, hopvine * Hottentot bread vine * hungry vine * india-rubber vine * Isle of Wight vine * jade vine * kangaroo vine * kiwi vine * kudzu vine * lace-flower vine * lawyer vine * lemon vine * link vine * love vine * Madeira vine * matrimony vine, matrimony-vine * melon vine * Mexican ivy vine * Mexican vine * mignonette vine * milk vine * negro vine * old vines * oriental staff vine * partridge-vine * passionflower vine * peanut vine * pea vine * pepper vine, pepper-vine * pipe vine, pipevine * poison vine * potato vine * prairie gourd vine * pumpkin vine * puncture vine * quarter-vine * railroad vine * rattan vine * red-bead vine * rubber vine * redvine * Russian vine * sand vine * scrub vine * seven-year vine * silk vine * silver lace vine, silver-lace vine * silver vine, silvervine * snail vine * snake vine * soapberry vine * sorrel vine * squash vine * squash vine borer * squaw vine * staff vine * strainer vine * strawberry vine * summer squash vine * sweet melon vine * sweet potato vine * Tangier peavine * tara vine * tie vine * trumpet vine, trumpet-vine * Uruguay potato vine * vase vine * vine apple * vine-bamboo * vine beetle * vine-bind * vine-black * vine borer * vine-bower * vine branch, vine-branch * vine cactus * vine-clad * vined * vine-disease * vine dragon * vine-dresser, vinedresser * vine-feeder * vine-fly * vine forester * vine fretter, vine-fretter * vine fruit * vine-fungus * vine-gall * vine gall-insect * vine-garden * vine-garth * vine-grower * vine-growing * vine grub, vine-grub * vine hawk moth * vine-hook * vine hopper * vine inchworm * vine-knife * vineland * vine-leaf * vineless * vinelet * vine-leek * vine louse, vine-louse * vine-man * vine maple * vine-master * vine mildew, vine-mildew * vine moth, vine-moth * vine of Sodom * vine-pear * vine-pest * vine-press * vine-prop * vine pull schemes * viner * vine-rake * vine-rod * vinery * vine sawfly, vine-sawfly * vine-scroll * vine-scrub * vine slug * vine snail, vine-snail * vine snake * vine sorrel * vine sphinx * vine spinach * vine-stock * vine-tree * vine-wand * vine-water * vine weevil, vine-weevil * vine-worm * vineyard * vining * Virginia vine, Virginian vine * watermelon vine * water vine, water-vine * wax vine * white potato vine * white vine * wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine * winter melon vine * wire vine * with-vine * wither on the vine * wonga vine * wood vine * yellow passionvineSee also
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Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) ; ultimately probably cognate with (weather).Noun
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- If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent.
- Their instruments were various in their kind, / Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind .
- Come from the four winds , O breath, and breathe upon these slain.
- Nor think thou with wind / Of airy threats to awe.
Synonyms
* (movement of air) breeze, draft, gale; see also * (flatus) gas (US); see alsoDerived terms
* break wind * close to the wind * crosswind * downwind * fair wind * foul wind * get one's wind back * get the wind up * get wind of * headwind * like the wind * long-winded * pass wind * sail close to the wind * scattered to the four winds * second wind * see which way the wind is blowing * sow the wind and reap the whirlwind * tailwind * the winds * trade wind * take the wind out of someone's sails * three sheets to the wind * throw caution to the wind * throw to the wind * twist in the wind * upwind * whirlwind * willow in the wind * windbag * wind band * wind-blown * windboard * windbound * wind-break, windbreak * windbreaker * wind-breaker * windburn * wind chart * wind-cheater, windcheater * windchill * wind chimes * wind cone, windcone * wind egg * windfall * wind farm * windflaw * wind force * wind-gauge * wind gun * wind instrument * windily * windiness * windjammer * windless * windmill * window * windpipe * wind power * wind rose * wind scale * windscreen * wind shake * windshield * wind sleeve, windsleeve * wind sock, windsock * winds of change * windstorm * windsurf * windsurfer * windsurfing * wind-swept, windswept * wind tunnel * windward * windySee also
* blizzard * breeze * cyclone * gale * gust * hurricane * nor'easter, northeaster * northwester * sou'easter, southeaster * sou'wester, southwester * storm * tempest * tornado * twister * typhoon * zephyrVerb
(en verb)- The boxer was winded during round two.
- I can’t run another step — I’m winded .
- The hounds winded the game.