tip vs wind

tip

noun
  • An act of tipping up or tilting. 

  • Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”) 

  • A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. 

  • A small piece of meat. 

  • A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. 

  • A recycling centre. 

  • A piece of advice. 

  • Rubbish thrown from a quarry. 

  • The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held. 

  • A very untidy place. 

  • A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. 

  • The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips 

  • An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump. 

  • A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. 

  • A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour. 

  • A tram for expeditiously transferring coal. 

  • A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front. 

  • The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. 

  • A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc. 

  • A prediction or bet about the outcome of something. 

verb
  • (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced. 

  • To dump (refuse). 

  • To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of. 

  • To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it. 

  • To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service. 

  • To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome. 

  • (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn. 

  • To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips. 

  • To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc. 

  • To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor. 

  • To give, pass. 

wind

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

  • 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". 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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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