Wind

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NOUN

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

a tendency or force that influences events

breath

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

an indication of potential opportunity

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath

a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

the act of winding or twisting

VERB

to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

extend in curves and turns

arrange or or coil around

catch the scent of

coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

form into a wreath

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

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