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 diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Winding
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.to turn a boat around in a canal
Part of speech: noun
Definition: something wound around something elsethe manner in which something is woundone complete turn of something wounda length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformerthe act or process of winding (turning around)
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: twisting, turning or sinuousspiral or helical
Example sentence: I often liken my love life to the pathetic fallacy found in a Bronte novel: a long and winding road tented by storm clouds and rain. Kidding.