wind, air current, current of air (noun)

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

"trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

wind (noun)

a tendency or force that influences events

"the winds of change"

wind (noun)

breath

"the collision knocked the wind out of him"

wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness (noun)

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

"that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"

tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint (noun)

an indication of potential opportunity

"he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

wind instrument, wind (noun)

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

fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind (noun)

a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

wind, winding, twist (verb)

the act of winding or twisting

"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

weave, wind, thread, meander, wander (verb)

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

"the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

wind, twist, curve (verb)

extend in curves and turns

"The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

wind, wrap, roll, twine (verb)

arrange or or coil around

"roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

scent, nose, wind (verb)

catch the scent of; get wind of

"The dog nosed out the drugs"

wind, wind up (verb)

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

"wind your watch"

wreathe, wind (verb)

form into a wreath

hoist, lift, wind (verb)

raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"

WIND

WIND "AM 560" is a radio station based in Chicago, Illinois, broadcasting its talk radio format on 560 kHz. Its current owner is Salem Media, a company specializing primarily in Christian radio. WIND is similar to many of Salem's other secular talk stations, airing a lineup consisting of syndicated conservative talkers including Glenn Beck, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, Michael Savage, Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, and former Saturday Night Live star Dennis Miller. WIND currently airs three local shows on the weekdays, Big John & Amy, Steve Cochran, and Joe Walsh. WIND is the flagship station for Carl Amari's nationally-syndicated nostalgia & showbiz program "Hollywood 360" which airs Saturday evenings from 8 pm till Midnight. News headlines from Fox News Radio are aired hourly.

Wind

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On the surface of the Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the Sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space. Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the regions in which they occur, and their effect. The strongest observed winds on a planet in the Solar System occur on Neptune and Saturn. Winds have various aspects: velocity (wind speed); the density of the gas involved; energy content or wind energy. The wind is also an important means of transportation for seeds and small birds; with time things can travel thousands of miles in the wind. In meteorology, winds are often referred to according to their strength, and the direction from which the wind is blowing. Short bursts of high speed wind are termed gusts. Strong winds of intermediate duration (around one minute) are termed squalls. Long-duration winds have various names associated with their average strength, such as breeze, gale, storm, and hurricane. Wind occurs on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hours, to global winds resulting from the difference in absorption of solar energy between the climate zones on Earth. The two main causes of large-scale atmospheric circulation are the differential heating between the equator and the poles, and the rotation of the planet (Coriolis effect). Within the tropics, thermal low circulations over terrain and high plateaus can drive monsoon circulations. In coastal areas the sea breeze/land breeze cycle can define local winds; in areas that have variable terrain, mountain and valley breezes can dominate local winds. In human civilization, the concept of wind has been explored in mythology, influenced the events of history, expanded the range of transport and warfare, and provided a power source for mechanical work, electricity, and recreation. Wind powers the voyages of sailing ships across Earth's oceans. Hot air balloons use the wind to take short trips, and powered flight uses it to increase lift and reduce fuel consumption. Areas of wind shear caused by various weather phenomena can lead to dangerous situations for aircraft. When winds become strong, trees and human-made structures are damaged or destroyed. Winds can shape landforms, via a variety of aeolian processes such as the formation of fertile soils, such as loess, and by erosion. Dust from large deserts can be moved great distances from its source region by the prevailing winds; winds that are accelerated by rough topography and associated with dust outbreaks have been assigned regional names in various parts of the world because of their significant effects on those regions. Wind also affects the spread of wildfires. Winds can disperse seeds from various plants, enabling the survival and dispersal of those plant species, as well as flying insect populations. When combined with cold temperatures, the wind has a negative impact on livestock. Wind affects animals' food stores, as well as their hunting and defensive strategies.