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: Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
Thread
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To put thread through.To pass (through a narrow constriction or around a series of obstacles).
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long, thin and flexible form of material, generally with a round cross-section, used in sewing, weaving or in the construction of string.A theme or idea.A series of messages, generally grouped by subject, all but the first replies to previous messages in the thread.A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, generally expected to share memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.A helical ridge or groove, as on a screw.The line midway between the banks of a stream.
Example sentence: You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.