Wind vs Low - What's the difference?
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(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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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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*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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1000 English basic words
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In a position comparatively close to the ground.
Small in height.
Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
Depressed, sad.
Not high in amount or quantity.
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, title= Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
Quiet; soft; not loud.
Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
Being near the equator.
Humble in character or status.
* Milton
* Felton
Simple in complexity or development.
Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear .
Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
(phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
(archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
Something that is low; a low point.
A depressed mood or situation.
(meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
(slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
Close to the ground.
Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
* Shakespeare
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
* Tennyson
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
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In a time approaching our own.
* John Locke
(astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
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, mound, tumulus.
(Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
As nouns the difference between wind and low
is that wind is wind; movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure while low is something that is low; a low point or low can be (countable|uk|scotland|dialect) a flame; fire; blaze or low can be , mound, tumulus.As an adjective low is
in a position comparatively close to the ground.As an adverb low is
close to the ground.As a verb low is
(obsolete|transitive) to depress; to lower or low can be or low can be to moo or low can be (uk|scotland|dialect) to burn; to blaze.wind
English
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.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), . Compare West Frisian (m), Low German (m), Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m). See also the related term (m).Verb
Derived terms
* rewind * unwind * wind down * wind somebody round one's finger * wind up * windable * winder * winding * windlass * wind-upStatistics
*Noun
(en noun)low
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lowe, lohe, . More at lie.Adjective
(er)- low spirits
- I felt low at Christmas with no family to celebrate with.
- Food prices are lower in a supermarket than in a luxury department store.
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- a person of low mind
- a low trick or stratagem
- a low pulse
- made low by sickness
- the low northern latitudes
- Why but to keep ye low and ignorant?
- In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
- a low diet
Synonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) nether, underslung * (small in height) short, small * (depressed) blue, depressed, down, miserable, sad, unhappy, gloomy * reduced, devalued, low-level * low-pitched, deep, flat * low-toned, soft * (despicable thing to do) immoral, abject, scummy, scurvyAntonyms
* (in a position comparatively close to the ground) highDerived terms
* high and low * lowball * low blow * low bridge * low-budget * low-cost * Low Countries * low-cut * lower * lowercase * low-fat * Low German * low-grade * low island * lowland * Low Latin * low-level * low loader * lowly * low-lying * low road * low tideNoun
(en noun)- You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
- ''Economic growth has hit a new low .
- He is in a low right now
- Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
- He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low .
Adverb
(er)- Can sing both high and low .
- to speak low
- The odorous wind / Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.
- He sold his wheat low .
- In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.
- The moon runs low , i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at laugh.Verb
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at claim.Etymology 4
From (etyl) lowe, loghe, from (etyl) . More at leye, light.Alternative forms
* loweEtymology 5
From (etyl) . Obsolete by the 19th century, survives in toponymy as -low.Alternative forms
* laweNoun
(en noun)- A barrow or Low, such as were usually cast up over the bodies of eminent Captains.'' (Robert Plot, ''The natural history of Staffordshire , 1686; cited after OED).
- And some they brought the brown lint-seed, and flung it down from the Low.'' (Mary Howitt, ''Ballads and other poems 1847)