wind
Roget category 349
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[Air in motion]
Wind
noun
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.
verb
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.
adjective
blowing
etc.
v. —
windy,
flatulent —
breezy,
gusty,
squally —
stormy,
tempestuous,
blustering —
boisterous
etc.
(violent)
173.
pulmonic [Med.],
pulmonary.
phrase
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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