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Synonyms

[1b] achieve, acquire, attain, capture, carry, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, land, make, obtain, procure, realize, secure—more at EARN

[2b] conquer, prevail, triumph; also overcome, sweep; squeak, squeeze; contend, vie; succeed

Antonyms

lose

usually win over [3] argue, convince, get, induce, move, persuade, prevail, satisfy, talk—more at PERSUADE

2win noun : VICTORY; especially : 1st place at the finish (as of a horse race)

wince verb winced; winc·ing : to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : FLINCH

— wince noun

Synonyms

blench, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink—more at FLINCH

winch noun : a machine that has a drum on which is wound a rope or cable for hauling or hoisting

— winch verb

1wind noun 1 : a movement of the air

2 : a prevailing force or influence : TENDENCY

3 : BREATH

4 : gas produced in the stomach or intestines

5 : idle talk as insubstantial as air

6 : air carrying a scent (as of game)

7 : INTIMATION

8 : WIND INSTRUMENTS; also, pl : players of wind instruments

Synonyms

[2] current, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, trend—more at TREND

[5] bombast, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, rhetoric—more at RHETORIC

2wind verb 1 : to get a scent of

2 : to cause to be out of breath

3 : to allow (as a horse) to rest so as to recover breath

3wind verb wind·ed or wound ; wind·ing : to sound by blowing <~ a horn>

4wind verb wound also wind·ed; wind·ing 1 : ENTANGLE, INVOLVE

2 : to introduce stealthily : INSINUATE

3 : to encircle or cover with something pliable : WRAP, COIL, TWINE <~ a bobbin>

4 : to hoist or haul by a rope or chain and a winch

5 : to tighten the spring of; also : CRANK

6 : to raise to a high level (as of excitement)

7 : to cause to move in a curving line or path

8 : to have a curving course or shape

9 : to move or lie so as to encircle

Synonyms

bend, coil, curl, curve, entwine, spiral, twine, twist; also arc, arch, crook, hook, sweep, swerve, turn, veer, wheel; swirl, whirl; circle, encircle, loop, interlace, intertwine, lace; meander, weave, zigzag

5wind noun : something having a curving or twisting form : TURN

Synonyms

angle, arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, turn—more at BEND

wind·age noun : the influence of the wind in deflecting the course of a projectile through the air; also : the amount of such deflection

wind·bag noun : an overly talkative person

wind·blown adjective : blown by the wind; also : having the appearance of being blown by the wind

wind·break noun : a growth of trees or shrubs serving to break the force of the wind; also : a shelter from the wind

wind·burned adjective : irritated and inflamed by exposure to the wind

— wind·burn noun

wind·chill noun : a still-air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed human skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed

windchill factor noun : WINDCHILL

wind down verb 1 : to draw toward an end

2 : RELAX, UNWIND

wind·er noun : one that winds

wind·fall noun 1 : something (as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind

2 : an unexpected or sudden gift, gain, or advantage

Synonyms

benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, good, manna—more at BLESSING

wind·flow·er noun : ANEMONE

1winding noun : material (as wire) wound or coiled about an object

2winding adjective 1 : having a pronounced curve or spiral <~ stairs>

2 : having a course that winds

Synonyms

[1] helical, spiral—more at SPIRAL

[2] crooked, devious, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous—more at CROOKED

wind·ing–sheet noun : SHROUD

wind instrument noun : a musical instrument (as a flute or horn) sounded by wind and esp. by the breath

wind·jam·mer noun : a sailing ship; also : one of its crew

wind·lass noun [ORIGIN: ME wyndlas, alter. of