instrument à vent — meaning in English
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English meaning
- wind noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.
Senses
instrument à vent is used for these senses in English:
- wind (music) The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- wind (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- wind instrument (musical instruments) Any musical instrument that produces sound when air flows through it.
wind — full definition
- noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.
- verb To turn or twist something around a central point, or to follow a curving path (pronounced differently from the "air" sense).
- verb To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- verb To knock the breath out of someone, usually with a blow to the stomach.