wind

Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.

The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.

As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.

Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.

the wind of a cannon ball

the wind of a bellows

The ability to breathe easily.

After the second lap he was already out of wind.

The fall knocked the wind out of him.

News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip.

to catch wind of something

Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.

A tendency or trend.

the wind of change

But many of those issues failed to draw Spanish voters, or even scared them, and the country’s election results went contrary to Europe’s political winds.

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

Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; / To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! / His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, / And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue.

Something higher must lie at the back of that eager response to pack-music and winded horn — something born of the smell of the good earth

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

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 expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

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

to wind thread on a spool or into a ball

Whether to wind / The woodbine round this arbour.

To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.

Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.

Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.

To travel or follow a path with numerous curves.

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

He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which[…]winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.

To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.

to turn and wind a fiery Pegasus

Gifts blind the vviſe, and bribes do pleaſe, / And vvinde all other witneſſes: […]