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Adjective winded has 1 sense
- blown, gasping, out of breath, panting, pursy, short-winded, winded - breathing laboriously or convulsively
Antonyms: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic (indirect, via breathless)
Verb wind has 7 senses
- weave, wind, thread, meander, wander - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- wind, curve - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- wind, wrap, roll, twine - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Antonyms: unwind, wind off, unroll
Sample sentences:
They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick
- scent, nose, wind - catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
--4 is one way to smell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- wind, wind up - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
--5 is one way to tighten, fasten
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- wreathe, wind - form into a wreath
--6 is one way to intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
--7 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
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