Wind
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen. To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something. To tighten the spring of the clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock. To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. The ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath. One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements). Flatus.
Example sentence: Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all.
Curve
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A gentle bend, such as in a road.A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.A one-dimensional continuum.(informal, usually in plural curves) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bend; to crook.To cause to swerve from a straight course.To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
Example sentence: Running a business and need more skilled workers? If you're not considering apprenticeships, then you're behind the curve.