Definitions of wind:

• noun:   the act of winding or twisting

  Example: "He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

• noun:   breath

  Example: "The collision knocked the wind out of him"

• noun:   empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

  Example: "That's a lot of wind"

• noun:   a tendency or force that influences events

  Example: "The winds of change"

• noun:   air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

  Example: "Trees bent under the fierce winds"

• noun:   a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
• noun:   a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
• noun:   an indication of potential opportunity
• verb:   extend in curves and turns

  Example: "The road winds around the lake"

• verb:   coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

  Example: "Wind your watch"

• verb:   wrap or coil around
• verb:   form into a wreath
• verb:   to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

  Example: "The river winds through the hills"

• verb:   catch the scent of; get wind of
• verb:   raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #19861)