| win | (noun) a victory (as in a race or other competition) | - |
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| (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, winnings |
| (verb) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious | - |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, gain |
| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: earn, garner |
| (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed |
| wince | (noun) a reflex response to sudden pain | Synonyms: flinch |
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| (noun) the facial expression of sudden pain | - |
| (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |
| wincey | (noun) a plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas | - |
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| winceyette | (noun) cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides | - |
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| winch | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: windlass |
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| (verb) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch | - |
| 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 |
| windage | (noun) the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind | Synonyms: wind deflection |
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| (noun) exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) | Synonyms: wind exposure |
| (noun) the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun | - |
| (noun) the retarding force of air friction on a moving object | - |
| windbag | (noun) a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics | Synonyms: gasbag |
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| windblown | (adjective) used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds | - |
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| windbreak | (noun) hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion | Synonyms: shelterbelt |
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| windbreaker | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windcheater |
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| windburn | (noun) redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind | - |
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| windburned | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburnt |
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| windburnt | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburned |
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| windcheater | (noun) a kind of heavy jacket | Synonyms: anorak, parka, windbreaker |
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| winded | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, pursy, short-winded |
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| winder | (noun) mechanical device around which something can be wound | - |
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| (noun) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) | Synonyms: key |
| (noun) a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) | - |
| windfall | (noun) a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | Synonyms: bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven |
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| (noun) fruit that has fallen from the tree | - |
| windflower | (noun) any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves | Synonyms: anemone |
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| windily | (adverb) in a verbose manner | Synonyms: long-windedly, verbosely, wordily |
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| windiness | (noun) boring verbosity | Synonyms: long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness |
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| (noun) a mildly windy state of the air | Synonyms: breeziness |
| winding | (adjective) marked by repeated turns and bends | Synonyms: tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous |
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| (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: meandering, rambling, wandering |
| (noun) the act of winding or twisting | Synonyms: twist, wind |
| windjammer | (noun) a large sailing ship | - |
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| windlass | (noun) lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds | Synonyms: winch |
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| windless | (adjective) without or almost without wind | - |
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| windlessness | (noun) calmness without winds | Synonyms: stillness |
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| windmill | (noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds | Synonyms: aerogenerator, wind generator |
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| (noun) a mill that is powered by the wind | - |
| window | (noun) a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | - |
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| (noun) a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened | - |
| (noun) a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material | - |
| (noun) (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen | - |
| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: windowpane |
| (noun) an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served | - |
| (noun) an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function | - |
| (noun) the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something | - |
| windowpane | (noun) very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America | Synonyms: Scophthalmus aquosus |
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| (noun) a pane of glass in a window | Synonyms: window |
| windowsill | (noun) the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame | - |
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| windpipe | (noun) membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi | Synonyms: trachea |
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| windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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| windshield | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windscreen |
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| windsock | (noun) a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | Synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, wind sock |
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| windstorm | (noun) a storm consisting of violent winds | - |
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| windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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| windswept | (adjective) open to or swept by wind | - |
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| windtalker | (noun) a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II | Synonyms: codetalker |
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| windup | (adjective) operated by a mechanism | - |
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| (noun) a concluding action | Synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up |
| windward | (adjective) on the side exposed to the wind | - |
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| (noun) the side of something that is toward the wind | - |
| (noun) the direction from which the wind is coming | - |
| (adverb) toward the wind | Synonyms: downwind |
| windy | (adjective) resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability | - |
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| (adjective) using or containing too many words | Synonyms: long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy |
| (adjective) abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes | Synonyms: blowy, breezy |
| (adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative | Synonyms: airy, impractical, Laputan, visionary |
| wine | (noun) a red as dark as red wine | Synonyms: wine-colored, wine-coloured |
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| (noun) fermented juice (of grapes especially) | Synonyms: vino |
| (verb) drink wine | - |
| (verb) treat to wine | - |
| wineberry | (noun) raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits | Synonyms: Rubus phoenicolasius |
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| (noun) graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine | Synonyms: Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, makomako, New Zealand wine berry |
| wineglass | (noun) a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | - |
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| winemaker | (noun) someone who makes wine | Synonyms: vintner, wine maker |
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| winemaking | (noun) the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine | Synonyms: wine making |
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| winepress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes | - |
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| winery | (noun) an establishment where wine is made | Synonyms: wine maker |
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| wineskin | (noun) an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
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| winey | (adjective) having the taste of wine | Synonyms: winy |
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| wing | (noun) a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) | - |
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| (noun) one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane | - |
| (noun) an addition that extends a main building | Synonyms: annex, annexe, extension |
| (noun) a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud | Synonyms: fender |
| (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, offstage |
| (noun) the wing of a fowl | - |
| (noun) a unit of military aircraft | - |
| (noun) the side of military or naval formation | Synonyms: flank |
| (noun) a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function | - |
| (noun) (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft | - |
| (noun) a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side | - |
| (verb) travel through the air; be airborne | Synonyms: fly |
| wingback | (noun) (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end | - |
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| (noun) (football) the person who plays wingback | - |
| winged | (adjective) having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind | - |
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| (adjective) very fast; as if with wings | - |
| winger | (noun) (sports) player in wing position | - |
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| wingless | (adjective) lacking wings | - |
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| winglike | (adjective) resembling a wing in shape or position | - |
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| wingman | (noun) the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation | - |
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| wings | (noun) a means of flight or ascent | - |
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| (noun) stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members | - |
| wingspan | (noun) linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | Synonyms: wingspread |
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| wingspread | (noun) distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended | - |
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| (noun) linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | Synonyms: wingspan |
| wingstem | (noun) perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Actinomeris alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, Verbesina alternifolia, yellow ironweed |
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| wink | (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, winking |
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| (noun) closing one eye quickly as a signal | - |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling |
| (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate |
| (verb) keep back by blinking | Synonyms: blink, blink away |
| (verb) signal by winking | - |
| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, winkle |
| winker | (noun) blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side | Synonyms: blinder, blinker |
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| (noun) a person who winks | - |
| winking | (adjective) closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly | Synonyms: blinking |
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| (noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly | Synonyms: blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink |
| winkle | (noun) edible marine gastropod | Synonyms: periwinkle |
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| (noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked | Synonyms: periwinkle |
| (verb) remove or displace from a position | Synonyms: winkle out |
| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, wink |
| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, twinkle |
| winless | (adjective) having no wins | - |
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| winner | (noun) the contestant who wins the contest | Synonyms: victor |
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| (noun) a gambler who wins a bet | - |
| (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, succeeder, success |
| winning | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest | Synonyms: fetching, taking |
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| (adjective) having won | Synonyms: victorious |
| (noun) succeeding with great difficulty | - |
| winnings | (noun) something won (especially money) | Synonyms: profits, win |
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| winnow | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: sifting, winnowing |
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| (verb) blow away or off with a current of air | Synonyms: fan |
| (verb) select desirable parts from a group or list | Synonyms: cull out |
| (verb) separate the chaff from grain by using air currents | - |
| (verb) blow on | - |
| winnowing | (noun) the act of separating grain from chaff | Synonyms: sifting, winnow |
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| wino | (noun) a chronic drinker | Synonyms: drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot |
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| winsome | (adjective) charming in a childlike or naive way | - |
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| winsomely | (adverb) in an engaging manner | Synonyms: engagingly |
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| winsomeness | (noun) childlike charm or appeal | - |
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| winter | (noun) the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox | Synonyms: wintertime |
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| (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: overwinter |
| winterberry | (noun) deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States | Synonyms: bearberry, Ilex decidua, possum haw |
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| wintergreen | (noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry |
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| (noun) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola | Synonyms: pyrola |
| (noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil | Synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry |
| winterise | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterize |
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| winterize | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterise |
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| wintertime | (noun) the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox | Synonyms: winter |
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| wintery | (adjective) characteristic of or occurring in winter | Synonyms: wintry |
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| wintriness | (noun) The state or quality of being suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy. | - |
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| wintry | (adjective) characteristic of or occurring in winter | Synonyms: wintery |
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| (adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | Synonyms: frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy |
| winy | (adjective) having the taste of wine | Synonyms: winey |
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