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Gas vs. Wind

Gas and Wind Definitions

Gas

The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by relatively low density and viscosity, relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature, the ability to diffuse readily, and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.

Wind

Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.

Gas

A substance in the gaseous state.

Wind

A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.

Gas

Any of various mixtures of flammable gases used for lighting, heating, or cooking.

Wind

The direction from which a movement of air comes
The wind is north-northwest.
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Gas

Gasoline.

Wind

A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass
The four winds.

Gas

The speed control of a gasoline engine. Used with the
Step on the gas.

Wind

Moving air carrying sound, an odor, or a scent.

Gas

A gaseous asphyxiant, irritant, or poison.

Wind

Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration
Had the wind knocked out of them.
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Gas

A gaseous anesthetic, such as nitrous oxide.

Wind

Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.

Gas

Flatulence.

Wind

The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra.

Gas

Flatus.

Wind

Wind instruments or their players considered as a group.
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Gas

(Slang) Idle or boastful talk.

Wind

Woodwinds.

Gas

(Slang) Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining
The party was a gas.

Wind

Something that disrupts or destroys
The winds of war.

Gas

To treat chemically with gas.

Wind

A tendency; a trend
The winds of change.

Gas

To overcome, disable, or kill with poisonous fumes.

Wind

Information, especially of something concealed; intimation
Trouble will ensue if wind of this scandal gets out.

Gas

To give off gas.

Wind

Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage
His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.

Gas

(Slang) To talk excessively.

Wind

Vain self-importance; pomposity
An expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.

Gas

Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
A lot of gas had escaped from the cylinder.

Wind

The act of winding.

Gas

(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
Gas-fired power stations have largely replaced coal-burning ones.

Wind

A single turn, twist, or curve.

Gas

Poison gas.
The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.

Wind

To expose to free movement of air; ventilate or dry.

Gas

A chemical element or compound in such a state.
The atmosphere is made up of a number of different gases.

Wind

To detect the smell of; catch a scent of.

Gas

(countable) A hob on a gas cooker.
She turned the gas on, put the potatoes on, then lit the oven.

Wind

To pursue by following a scent.

Gas

(uncountable) Methane or other waste gases trapped in one's belly as a result of the digestive process; flatus.
My tummy hurts so bad – I have gas.

Wind

To cause to be out of or short of breath.

Gas

(slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.

Wind

To afford a recovery of breath
Stopped to wind and water the horses.

Gas

(slang) Frothy or boastful talk; chatter.

Wind

To wrap (something) around a center or another object once or repeatedly
Wind string around a spool.

Gas

(baseball) A fastball.
The closer threw him nothing but gas.

Wind

To wrap or encircle (an object) in a series of coils; entwine
Wound her injured leg with a bandage.
Wound the waist of the gown with lace and ribbons.

Gas

Arterial or venous blood gas.

Wind

To go along (a curving or twisting course)
Wind a path through the mountains.

Gas

Marijuana, typically of high quality.

Wind

To proceed on (one's way) with a curving or twisting course.

Gas

, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

Wind

To introduce in a disguised or devious manner; insinuate
He wound a plea for money into his letter.

Gas

Ellipsis of gas pedal

Wind

To turn (a crank, for example) in a series of circular motions.

Gas

An internal virtual currency used in Ethereum to pay for certain operations, such as blockchain transactions.
Gas fee

Wind

To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example
Wind a watch.

Gas

(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
The Nazis gassed millions of Jews during the Holocaust.
He never fully recovered after he was gassed on the Western Front.

Wind

To coil (thread, for example), as onto a spool or into a ball.

Gas

To talk in a boastful or vapid way; chatter.

Wind

To remove or unwind (thread, for example), as from a spool
Wound the line off the reel.

Gas

To impose upon by talking boastfully.

Wind

To lift or haul by means of a windlass or winch
Wind the pail to the top of the well.

Gas

(intransitive) To emit gas.
The battery cell was gassing.

Wind

To move in or have a curving or twisting course
A river winding through a valley.

Gas

(transitive) To impregnate with gas.
To gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder

Wind

To move in or have a spiral or circular course
A column of smoke winding into the sky.

Gas

(transitive) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers.
To gas thread

Wind

To be coiled or spiraled
The vine wound about the trellis.

Gas

(US) To give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it.
The cops are coming. Gas it!

Wind

To be twisted or whorled into curved forms.

Gas

(US) To fill (a vehicle's fuel tank) with fuel.

Wind

To proceed misleadingly or insidiously in discourse or conduct.

Gas

(slang) comical, zany; fun, amusing.
Mary's new boyfriend is a gas man.
It was gas when the bird flew into the classroom.

Wind

To become wound
A clock that winds with difficulty.

Gas

An aëriform fluid; - a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.

Wind

To blow (a wind instrument).

Gas

A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.

Wind

To sound by blowing.

Gas

Same as gasoline; - a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".

Wind

Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
The winds in Chicago are fierce.

Gas

The accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term " step on the gas".

Wind

Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
The wind of a cannon ball;
The wind of a bellows

Gas

Same as natural gas.

Wind

The ability to breathe easily.
After the second lap he was already out of wind.
The fall knocked the wind out of him.

Gas

An exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The concert was a gas.

Wind

News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.

Gas

To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread.

Wind

One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.

Gas

To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder.

Wind

Flatus.
Eww. Someone just passed wind.

Gas

To expose to a poisonous or noxious gas

Wind

Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.

Gas

The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container

Wind

(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.

Gas

A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

Wind

A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".

Gas

A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

Wind

Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.

Gas

A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal

Wind

A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

Gas

A pedal that controls the throttle valve;
He stepped on the gas

Wind

Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.

Gas

A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

Wind

A bird, the dotterel.

Gas

Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes;
The despot gassed the rebellious tribes

Wind

The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.

Gas

Show off

Wind

The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

Wind

(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

Wind

(transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
The boxer was winded during round two.

Wind

To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.

Wind

To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.

Wind

(transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

Wind

(transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
The hounds winded the game.

Wind

(transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.

Wind

(transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

Wind

(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
To wind thread on a spool or into a ball

Wind

(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

Wind

(transitive) To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.

Wind

(intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
Vines wind round a pole.
The river winds through the plain.

Wind

(transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.

Wind

(transitive) To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

Wind

(transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
To wind a rope with twine

Wind

(transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.

Wind

To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

Wind

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.
Whether to windThe woodbine round this arbor.

Wind

To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.

Wind

To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
In his terms so he would him wind.
Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do pleaseAnd wind all other witnesses.
Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.

Wind

To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
You have contrived . . . to windYourself into a power tyrannical.
Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse.

Wind

To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.

Wind

To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
So swift your judgments turn and wind.

Wind

To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
And where the valley winded out below,The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.

Wind

To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
The lowing herd wind lowly o'er the lea.
To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape.Long struggling underneath are they could windOut of such prison.

Wind

To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

Wind

To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.

Wind

To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.

Wind

To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn.
That blast was winded by the king.

Wind

The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.

Wind

Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Except wind stands as never it stood,It is an ill wind that turns none to good.
Winds were soft, and woods were green.

Wind

Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.

Wind

Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Their instruments were various in their kind,Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.

Wind

Power of respiration; breath.
If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent.

Wind

Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.

Wind

Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
A pack of dogfish had him in the wind.

Wind

A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain.

Wind

A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.

Wind

Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Nor think thou with windOf airy threats to awe.

Wind

The dotterel.

Wind

The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark.

Wind

Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
Trees bent under the fierce winds
When there is no wind, row
The radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere

Wind

A tendency or force that influences events;
The winds of change

Wind

Breath;
The collision knocked the wind out of him

Wind

Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
That's a lot of wind
Don't give me any of that jazz

Wind

An indication of potential opportunity;
He got a tip on the stock market
A good lead for a job

Wind

A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

Wind

A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

Wind

The act of winding or twisting;
He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

Wind

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

Wind

Extend in curves and turns;
The road winds around the lake

Wind

Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool

Wind

Catch the scent of; get wind of;
The dog nosed out the drugs

Wind

Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;
Wind your watch

Wind

Form into a wreath

Wind

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

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