Winded

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely
     {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS.
     windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
     Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
     {Wander}, {Wend}.]
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     1. 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.
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              Whether to wind
              The woodbine round this arbor.        --Milton.
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     2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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              Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.  --Shak.
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     3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
        pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
        govern. "To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus." --Shak.
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              In his terms so he would him wind.    --Chaucer.
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              Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
              And wind all other witnesses.         --Herrick.
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              Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
              wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
                                                    --Addison.
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     4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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              You have contrived . . . to wind
              Yourself into a power tyrannical.     --Shak.
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              Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
              such things into discourse.           --Gov. of
                                                    Tongue.
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     5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
        wind a rope with twine.
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     {To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil.
  
     {To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
  
     {To wind up}.
        (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
            thread; to coil completely.
        (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
            one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
        (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
            clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
            which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
            continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
            "Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years."
            --Dryden. "Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch."
            --Atterbury.
        (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
            as to tune it. "Wind up the slackened strings of thy
            lute." --Waller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Winding}.]
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     1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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     2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
        the hounds winded the game.
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     3.
        (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a
            horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of
            breath.
        (b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to
            be recovered; to breathe.
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     {To wind a ship} (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the
        wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in
     sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
     {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.]
     To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
     and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their horns."
     --Pennant.
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           Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
           . .
           Wind the shrill horn.                    --Pope.
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           That blast was winded by the king.       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  winded
       adj : breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown}, {gasping},
              {out of breath(p)}, {panting}, {pursy}, {short-winded}]