wind

Roget-categorie 349

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.2. Fluid matter

#349. [Air in motion] Wind

zelfstandig naamwoord

wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation^†, eluvium^† — air — breath, breath of air — puff, whiff, zephyr — blow, breeze, drift — aura — stream, current, jet stream — undercurrent.
gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon — simoon^†, simoom — harmattan^†, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise^†, tramontane, levanter — capful of wind — fresh breeze, stiff breeze — keen blast — blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia^†, chinook, foehn, khamsin^†, norther, vendaval^†, wuther^†.
windiness etc. adj. — ventosity^† — rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather — dirty sky, mare's tail — thick squall, black squall, white squall.
anemography^†, aerodynamics — wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-vane, wind sock — anemometer, anemoscope^†.
sufflation^†, insufflation^†, perflation^†, inflation, afflation^† — blowing, fanning etc. v. — ventilation.
sneezing etc. v. — errhine^† — sternutative^†, sternutatory^† — sternutation — hiccup, hiccough — catching of the breath.
Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus.
air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah^† — branchiae^†, gills, flabellum^†, vertilabrum^†.
whiffle ball.

werkwoord

blow, waft — blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n. — wuther^† — stream, issue.
respire, breathe, puff — whiff, whiffle — gasp, wheeze — snuff, snuffle — sniff, sniffle — sneeze, cough.
fan, ventilate — inflate, perflate^† — blow up.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

blowing etc. v. — windy, flatulent — breezy, gusty, squally — stormy, tempestuous, blustering — boisterous etc. (violent) 173.
pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary.

uitdrukking

lull'd by soft zephyrs" [Pope]; the storm is up and all is on the hazard" [Julius Caesar]; the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air" [Byron]; while mocking winds are piping loud" [Milton]; winged with red lightning and tempestuous winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage" [Paradise Lost].

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