breath | mechanical device around which something can be wound |
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) |
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath | a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) |
an indication of potential opportunity | |
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | |
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure | |
a tendency or force that influences events | |
the act of winding or twisting | |