Draft vs. Wind: Know the Difference
By Shumaila Saeed || Updated on December 25, 2023
A draft is a light, gentle flow of air often experienced in confined spaces, while wind is a natural movement of air in the Earth's atmosphere, varying in strength.
Key Differences
A draft typically refers to a slight and often cool breeze that moves through a confined space, such as a room or a building. Wind, in contrast, is a broader term for the natural movement of air outdoors, which can range from a light breeze to a powerful gale.
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Drafts are often localized and can be caused by the difference in air pressure inside and outside a building. Wind, however, is a meteorological phenomenon caused by atmospheric conditions and can cover vast areas.
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The experience of a draft is usually confined to enclosed or semi-enclosed areas and is often associated with discomfort, such as a chilly breeze in a room. Wind is experienced in open areas and can have various effects, from cooling to destructive, depending on its intensity.
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Drafts can be controlled or minimized in indoor environments, for example, by sealing windows and doors. Wind, being a natural and dynamic component of weather, is beyond human control and plays a significant role in climatic and environmental conditions.
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In terms of usage, "draft" often has a neutral or negative connotation, especially when it causes discomfort indoors. "Wind," however, can have both positive and negative connotations, depending on context and strength.
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Comparison Chart
Definition
Gentle flow of air in a confined space
Natural movement of air in the atmosphere
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Cause
Differences in indoor and outdoor air pressure
Atmospheric conditions, weather systems
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Control
Can be minimized or controlled indoors
Beyond human control, a natural phenomenon
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Draft and Wind Definitions
Draft
A light flow of air in an enclosed space.
There was a cold draft coming from the window.
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Wind
A natural outdoor breeze of varying strength.
A gentle wind cooled the air on the summer evening.
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Draft
A gentle movement of air inside a room.
He felt a draft every time someone opened the door.
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Wind
Meteorological phenomenon causing air flow.
The weather report warned of high winds tonight.
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Draft
A cool breeze in a closed environment.
The draft in the old house was noticeable in winter.
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Wind
A force of nature that can vary from a breeze to a gale.
The sailors prepared for the upcoming strong wind.
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Wind
Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
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Wind
The direction from which a movement of air comes
The wind is north-northwest.
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Wind
A movement of air coming from one of the four cardinal points of the compass
The four winds.
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Draft
(Nautical)The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded
A river vessel of shallow draft.
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Wind
Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration
Had the wind knocked out of them.
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Gas produced in the stomach or intestines during digestion; flatulence.
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Draft
A written order directing the payment of money from an account or fund.
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Wind
Information, especially of something concealed; intimation
Trouble will ensue if wind of this scandal gets out.
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Draft
The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty
A candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft by the party convention.
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Wind
Speech or writing empty of meaning; verbiage
His remarks on the subject are nothing but wind.
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Wind
Vain self-importance; pomposity
An expert who was full of wind even before becoming famous.
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Draft
(Sports)A system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional teams.
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Draft
Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture
A preliminary draft of a report.
The final draft of a paper.
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Draft
A narrow line chiseled on a stone to guide a stonecutter in leveling its surface.
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Wind
To wrap (something) around a center or another object once or repeatedly
Wind string around a spool.
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Wind
To wrap or encircle (an object) in a series of coils; entwine
Wound her injured leg with a bandage.
Wound the waist of the gown with lace and ribbons.
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Draft
To select from a group for some usually compulsory service
Drafted into the army.
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Wind
To go along (a curving or twisting course)
Wind a path through the mountains.
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Wind
To introduce in a disguised or devious manner; insinuate
He wound a plea for money into his letter.
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Wind
To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example
Wind a watch.
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Draft
To move, ride, or drive close behind a fast-moving object so as to take advantage of the slipstream, especially in a race.
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Draft
Suited for or used for drawing heavy loads
Oxen and other draft animals.
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Wind
To remove or unwind (thread, for example), as from a spool
Wound the line off the reel.
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Wind
To lift or haul by means of a windlass or winch
Wind the pail to the top of the well.
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Draft
(US spelling) A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
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Wind
To move in or have a curving or twisting course
A river winding through a valley.
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Draft
(US spelling) The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
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Wind
To move in or have a spiral or circular course
A column of smoke winding into the sky.
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Draft
(US spelling) The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
To drink at a draft
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
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Draft
(US spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
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Draft
The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
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Draft
An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
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Wind
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.
As they accelerated onto the motorway, the wind tore the plywood off the car's roof-rack.
The winds in Chicago are fierce.
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Wind
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
The wind of a cannon ball;
The wind of a bellows
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Draft
Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
He left the country to avoid the draft.
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Wind
The ability to breathe easily.
After the second lap he was already out of wind.
The fall knocked the wind out of him.
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Draft
A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
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Wind
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
Steve caught wind of Martha's dalliance with his best friend.
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Wind
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
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Draft
The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
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Draft
The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
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Wind
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
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Draft
The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
Using oxen for draft
Shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft
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Wind
(music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
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Wind
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".
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Draft
That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.
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Wind
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
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Draft
A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
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Wind
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
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Draft
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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Wind
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
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Draft
To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
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Draft
To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
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Wind
(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
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Draft
To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
The calves were drafted from the cows.
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Wind
(transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
The boxer was winded during round two.
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Draft
To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
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Draft
(ambitransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
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Wind
To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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Draft
To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
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Wind
(transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
The hounds winded the game.
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Draft
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
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Wind
(transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
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Draft
Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
A Clydesdale is a draft horse.
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Draft
The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
Everything available for draft burden.
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Wind
(transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
To wind thread on a spool or into a ball
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Draft
A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.
Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.
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Wind
(transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
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Draft
An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan.
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Wind
(intransitive) To travel in a way that is not straight.
Vines wind round a pole.
The river winds through the plain.
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Draft
A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
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Wind
(transitive) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
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Draft
The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.
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Draft
A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
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Wind
(transitive) To cover or surround with something coiled about.
To wind a rope with twine
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Wind
(transitive) To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
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Wind
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
Whether to windThe woodbine round this arbor.
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Wind
To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.
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Draft
The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
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Wind
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
In his terms so he would him wind.
Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do pleaseAnd wind all other witnesses.
Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
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Draft
A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.
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Wind
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
You have contrived . . . to windYourself into a power tyrannical.
Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse.
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Draft
Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse.
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Wind
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
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Draft
Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
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Wind
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
So swift your judgments turn and wind.
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Wind
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
And where the valley winded out below,The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.
He therefore turned him to the steep and rocky path which . . . winded through the thickets of wild boxwood and other low aromatic shrubs.
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Wind
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
The lowing herd wind lowly o'er the lea.
To wind out, to extricate one's self; to escape.Long struggling underneath are they could windOut of such prison.
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Draft
To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces.
HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army?Radar: He was drafted.
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples.
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Wind
To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
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Draft
A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
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Wind
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
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Wind
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, . . . Wind the shrill horn.
That blast was winded by the king.
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Draft
A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
They served beer on draft
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Wind
Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
Except wind stands as never it stood,It is an ill wind that turns none to good.
Winds were soft, and woods were green.
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Wind
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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Draft
The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
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Wind
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
Their instruments were various in their kind,Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind.
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Wind
Power of respiration; breath.
If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent.
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Wind
Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
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Wind
Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
A pack of dogfish had him in the wind.
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Wind
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.
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain.
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Wind
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
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Wind
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Nor think thou with windOf airy threats to awe.
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Wind
The region of the pit of the stomach, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury; the mark.
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Draft
A slight breeze felt indoors.
The draft in the hallway made the candles flicker.
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Wind
Air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure;
Trees bent under the fierce winds
When there is no wind, row
The radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere
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Draft
An unintended flow of air causing discomfort.
She sealed the door to stop the draft.
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Wind
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
That's a lot of wind
Don't give me any of that jazz
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Wind
An indication of potential opportunity;
He got a tip on the stock market
A good lead for a job
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Wind
A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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Wind
The act of winding or twisting;
He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
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Wind
To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course;
The river winds through the hills
The path meanders through the vineyards
Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
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Wind
Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
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Wind
Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem;
Wind your watch
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Wind
Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help;
Hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car
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Wind
Air movement in the Earth's atmosphere.
The wind was strong enough to sway the trees.
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Wind
Movement of air that can affect weather and environment.
The wind carried the scent of rain.
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Repeatedly Asked Queries
Do drafts occur outdoors?
They are primarily an indoor phenomenon due to air flow in confined spaces.
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Can you stop a draft?
Yes, by sealing gaps in windows or doors, for instance.
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Is wind always noticeable?
It can range from barely perceptible to extremely forceful.
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Is a draft the same as ventilation?
Not exactly; drafts are often unintended, while ventilation is deliberate.
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Can wind influence ocean currents?
Yes, winds play a significant role in shaping ocean currents.
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Does wind play a role in weather?
Yes, it's a crucial factor in weather patterns and systems.
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Is a draft always cold?
Often, but not necessarily; it's more about the movement of air.
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Are drafts a problem in older buildings?
Often, as older buildings may have more gaps allowing air flow.
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Can wind generate power?
Yes, wind turbines convert wind energy into electricity.
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Can drafts cause health issues?
In some cases, they can exacerbate respiratory conditions.
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Are drafts harmful?
They can be uncomfortable but are generally not harmful.
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Can you measure a draft?
It's difficult to measure precisely due to its subtle nature.
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How is wind speed measured?
Using anemometers, which measure the speed of wind.
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Do winds affect flight patterns?
Yes, wind conditions are a major consideration in aviation.
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Can drafts be used positively?
Yes, in some cases, for natural cooling or air circulation.
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Are strong winds a weather hazard?
Yes, especially during storms or hurricanes.
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Do drafts affect heating bills?
Yes, they can make heating less efficient, increasing bills.
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Is wind a renewable energy source?
Yes, it's a sustainable and renewable source of energy.
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Does wind erosion shape landscapes?
Yes, wind can significantly alter landscapes over time.
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