noun
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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trees bent under the fierce winds
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when there is no wind, row
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the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere
• Syn: ↑wind, ↑current of air
• Hypernyms: ↑weather, ↑weather condition, ↑conditions, ↑atmospheric condition
• Hyponyms:
↑airstream, ↑calm air, ↑calm, ↑breeze, ↑zephyr, ↑gentle wind, ↑air, ↑chinook, ↑chinook wind, ↑snow eater, ↑harmattan, ↑crosswind, ↑fohn, ↑foehn, ↑khamsin, ↑Santa Ana, ↑high wind, ↑headwind, ↑katabatic wind, ↑catabatic wind, ↑tailwind, ↑doldrums, ↑east wind, ↑easter, ↑easterly, ↑northwest wind, ↑northwester, ↑southwester, ↑sou'wester, ↑southeaster, ↑sou'easter, ↑gale, ↑gust, ↑blast, ↑blow, ↑monsoon, ↑north wind, ↑northerly, ↑norther, ↑boreas, ↑prevailing wind, ↑simoom, ↑simoon, ↑samiel, ↑south wind, ↑souther, ↑southerly, ↑squall, ↑thermal, ↑draft, ↑draught, ↑west wind, ↑wester
• Substance Meronyms: ↑air
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air current,
atmospheric flow; wind.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.