| crosswind | (noun) wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| downwind | (adjective) towards the side away from the wind | Synonyms: lee |
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| (adverb) with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing | - |
| (adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: windward |
| headwind | (noun) wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| rewind | (verb) wind (up) again | - |
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| tailwind | (noun) wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft | - |
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| unwind | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: disentangle |
| (verb) reverse the winding or twisting of | Synonyms: unroll, wind off |
| upwind | (adjective) towards the side exposed to wind | Synonyms: weather |
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| (adverb) in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing | Synonyms: against the wind, into the wind |
| (adverb) away from the wind | Synonyms: leeward |
| whirlwind | (noun) a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth | - |
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| wind | (noun) breath | - |
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| (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus |
| (noun) a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath | Synonyms: wind instrument |
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip |
| (noun) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | Synonyms: idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness |
| (noun) air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | Synonyms: air current, current of air |
| (noun) a tendency or force that influences events | - |
| (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, winding |
| (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | Synonyms: wind up |
| (verb) form into a wreath | Synonyms: wreathe |
| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: hoist, lift |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wrap |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, twist |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: nose, scent |
| woodwind | (noun) any wind instrument other than the brass instruments | Synonyms: wood, woodwind instrument |
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