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To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.

Example: The boxer was winded during round two.

To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.

To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.

To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

Example: to wind thread on a spool or into a ball

To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

Example: Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.

To travel in a way that is not straight.

Example: Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.

Something wound around something else.

The manner in which something is wound.

One complete turn of something wound.

(especially in the plural) Curving or bending movement, twists and turns.

Twisting, turning or sinuous.

Spiral or helical.

To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.

Example: The boxer was winded during round two.

To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.

To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.

To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

Example: to wind thread on a spool or into a ball

To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

Example: Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.

To travel in a way that is not straight.

Example: Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.

The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around).