loop vs wind

loop

noun
  • An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. 

  • A complete circuit for an electric current. 

  • A quasigroup with an identity element. 

  • A ring road or beltway. 

  • The opening so formed. 

  • A loop-shaped intrauterine device. 

  • A small, narrow opening; a loophole. 

  • A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. 

  • A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop. 

  • An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. 

  • A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. 

  • An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. 

  • A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. 

  • A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. 

  • A path that starts and ends at the same point. 

  • A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. 

verb
  • To move in a loop. 

  • To move something in a loop. 

  • To place in a loop. 

  • To join electrical components to complete a circuit. 

  • To fly an aircraft in a loop. 

  • To duplicate the route of a pipeline. 

  • To form something into a loop. 

  • To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. 

  • To fasten or encircle something with a loop. 

  • To form a loop. 

wind

noun
  • Air artificially put in motion by any force or action. 

  • Flatus. 

  • Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. 

  • News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.) 

  • The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury. 

  • The ability to breathe easily. 

  • Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. 

  • The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section. 

  • A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds". 

  • The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist. 

  • One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements. 

  • Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds. 

  • Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. 

  • A bird, the dotterel. 

  • A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. 

verb
  • To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe. 

  • To perceive or follow by scent. 

  • To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side. 

  • To entwist; to enfold; to encircle. 

  • To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed. 

  • To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch. 

  • To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something. 

  • To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. 

  • To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. 

  • To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound. 

  • To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock. 

  • To travel in a way that is not straight. 

  • To cover or surround with something coiled about. 

  • To turn (a ship) around, end for end. 

  • To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 

  • To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind. 

  • To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc. 

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