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winded
(encz) | winded,těžce dýchal Zdeněk Brož |
Winded
(gcide) | Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) (rarely
Winded); p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] [OE. winden, AS.
windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
Wander, Wend.]
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1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
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Whether to wind
The woodbine round this arbor. --Milton.
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2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. --Shak.
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3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
govern. "To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus." --Shak.
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In his terms so he would him wind. --Chaucer.
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Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
And wind all other witnesses. --Herrick.
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Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
--Addison.
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4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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You have contrived . . . to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical. --Shak.
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Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
such things into discourse. --Gov. of
Tongue.
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5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
wind a rope with twine.
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To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil.
To wind out, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
To wind up.
(a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
thread; to coil completely.
(b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
(c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
"Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years."
--Dryden. "Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch."
--Atterbury.
(d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
as to tune it. "Wind up the slackened strings of thy
lute." --Waller.
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Winded
(gcide) | Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Winding.]
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1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
the hounds winded the game.
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3.
(a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a
horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of
breath.
(b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to
be recovered; to breathe.
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To wind a ship (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the
wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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Winded
(gcide) | Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in
sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
Wound (wound), R. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.]
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their horns."
--Pennant.
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Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
. .
Wind the shrill horn. --Pope.
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That blast was winded by the king. --Sir W.
Scott.
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winded
(wn) | winded
adj 1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown,
pursy, short-winded, winded] |
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long-winded
(encz) | long-winded,rozvláčný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
long-windedly
(encz) | long-windedly, adv: |
long-windedness
(encz) | long-windedness,rozvláčnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
short-winded
(encz) | short-winded,dýchavičný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
winded
(encz) | winded,těžce dýchal Zdeněk Brož |
Broken-winded
(gcide) | Broken-winded \Bro"ken-wind`ed\, a. (Far.)
Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.
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Long-winded
(gcide) | Long-winded \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
1. Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking;
consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
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A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
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2. using or containing too many words; as, long-winded (or
windy) speakers.
Syn: tedious, verbose, windy, wordy.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Long"-wind"ed*ness, n.
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Long-windedness
(gcide) | Long-winded \Long"-wind"ed\, a.
1. Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking;
consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
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A tedious, long-winded harangue. --South.
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2. using or containing too many words; as, long-winded (or
windy) speakers.
Syn: tedious, verbose, windy, wordy.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Long"-wind"ed*ness, n.
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Short-winded
(gcide) | Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a.
Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult
respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. --May.
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Thick-winded
(gcide) | Thick-winded \Thick"-wind`ed\, a. (Far.)
Affected with thick wind.
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long-winded
(wn) | long-winded
adj 1: using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or
windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional
methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy
editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
[syn: long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy,
wordy] |
long-windedly
(wn) | long-windedly
adv 1: in a verbose manner; "she explained her ideas verbosely"
[syn: verbosely, windily, long-windedly, wordily] |
long-windedness
(wn) | long-windedness
n 1: boring verbosity [syn: prolixity, prolixness,
windiness, long-windedness, wordiness] |
short-winded
(wn) | short-winded
adj 1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown,
pursy, short-winded, winded] |
winded
(wn) | winded
adj 1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown,
pursy, short-winded, winded] |
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