A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface.

Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind.

If you are winded by something such as a blow, the air is suddenly knocked out of your lungs so that you have difficulty breathing for a short time.

Wind is the air that you sometimes swallow with food or drink, or gas that is produced in your intestines, which causes an uncomfortable feeling.

If you wind a baby, you hit its back gently in order to help it to release air from its stomach.

The wind section of an orchestra or band is the group of people who produce musical sounds by blowing into their instruments.

If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.

If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.

If something is in the wind, it is likely to happen.

If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.

If you sail close to the wind, you take a risk by doing or saying something that may get you into trouble.

If something takes the wind out of your sails, it suddenly makes you much less confident in what you are doing or saying.

If you realize or find out which way the wind is blowing or how the wind is blowing, you realize or find out what is likely to happen, for example whether something is likely to succeed.