…the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction…
…arrive or end up in a specified state, situation, or place…
…a hot dry northerly wind blowing from the interior to coastal districts…
…(of a mechanism, especially one operated by clockwork) gradually lose power…
…a gradual lessening of activity, intensity, or scale as something comes to an end…
…an area of land with a group of energy-producing windmills or wind turbines…
…a valley cut through a ridge by a river which no longer flows through the valley…
…the force on a structure arising from the impact of wind on it…
…damage to the roots of young plants, caused by the movement of the stem in the wind…
…a diagram showing the relative frequency of wind directions at a place…
…a person’s ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath…
…the continuous flow of charged particles from the sun which permeates the solar system…
…a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the north-east in the northern hemisphere or the south-east in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator…
…a decorative arrangement of small pieces of glass, metal, or shell suspended from a frame, typically hung near a door or window so as make a tinkling sound in the draught…
…electrical energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines…
…variation in wind velocity occurring along a direction at right angles to the wind’s direction and tending to exert a turning force…
…a form of exercise involving moving from a walk or slow run to a faster run and repeatedly reversing the process…
…a tunnel-like apparatus for producing an airstream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings, etc., in order to investigate flow or the effect of wind on the full-size object…
…the wind as it is experienced on board a moving sailing vessel, as a result of the combined effects of the true wind and the boat’s speed…
…a machine used in the theatre or in film-making for producing a blast of air or imitating the sound of wind…
…(in a horse) habitual behaviour involving repeated arching of the neck and sucking in and swallowing air, often accompanied by a grunting sound…
…a turbine having a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind to generate electricity…
…a wind from the direction that is predominant or most usual at a particular place or season…
…begin to suspect that (something) is happening; hear a rumour of…
…a musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of air, typically by the player blowing into the instrument…
…do something that is ineffective or a waste of time…
