| fiddle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. fiddle, violin | bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow. |
| ~ amati | a violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family. |
| ~ bowed stringed instrument, string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow.; "the strings played superlatively well" |
| ~ chin rest | a rest on which a violinist can place the chin. |
| ~ fiddlestick, violin bow | a bow used in playing the violin. |
| ~ guarnerius | a violin made by a member of the Guarneri family. |
| ~ strad, stradavarius | a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family. |
| v. (social) | 2. fiddle, goldbrick, shirk, shrink from | avoid (one's assigned duties).; "The derelict soldier shirked his duties" |
| ~ avoid | refrain from doing something.; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" |
| ~ scrimshank | British military language: avoid work. |
| ~ malinger, skulk | avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill. |
| ~ slack | avoid responsibilities and work, be idle. |
| v. (possession) | 3. fiddle | commit fraud and steal from one's employer.; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years" |
| ~ defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" |
| v. (creation) | 4. fiddle | play the violin or fiddle. |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ fiddle | play on a violin.; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" |
| ~ play | perform music on (a musical instrument).; "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?" |
| v. (creation) | 5. fiddle | play on a violin.; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ spiel, play | replay (as a melody).; "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" |
| ~ fiddle | play the violin or fiddle. |
| v. (contact) | 6. diddle, fiddle, play, toy | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination.; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ put out, retire | cause to be out on a fielding play. |
| v. (contact) | 7. fiddle, monkey, tamper | play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly.; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| v. (change) | 8. fiddle, tinker | try to fix or mend.; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| wind | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. air current, current of air, 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" |
| ~ airstream | a relatively well-defined prevailing wind. |
| ~ calm air, calm | wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale. |
| ~ breeze, gentle wind, zephyr, air | a slight wind (usually refreshing).; "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" |
| ~ chinook, chinook wind, snow eater | a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies. |
| ~ harmattan | a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter. |
| ~ crosswind | wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ foehn, fohn | a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps. |
| ~ khamsin | an oppressively hot southerly wind from the Sahara that blows across Egypt in the spring. |
| ~ santa ana | a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast. |
| ~ high wind | a very strong wind.; "rain and high winds covered the region" |
| ~ headwind | wind blowing opposite to the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ catabatic wind, katabatic wind | a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air. |
| ~ tailwind | wind blowing in the same direction as the path of a ship or aircraft. |
| ~ doldrums | a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific. |
| ~ east wind, easterly, easter | a wind from the east. |
| ~ northwest wind, northwester | a wind from the northwest. |
| ~ sou'wester, southwester | a strong wind from the southwest. |
| ~ sou'easter, southeaster | a strong wind from the southeast. |
| ~ gale | a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale. |
| ~ gust, blast, blow | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| ~ monsoon | a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter. |
| ~ monsoon | any wind that changes direction with the seasons. |
| ~ boreas, north wind, norther, northerly | a wind that blows from the north. |
| ~ prevailing wind | the predominant wind direction.; "the prevailing wind is from the southwest" |
| ~ samiel, simoom, simoon | a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa. |
| ~ south wind, souther, southerly | a wind from the south. |
| ~ squall | sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation. |
| ~ thermal | rising current of warm air. |
| ~ draft, draught | a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle). |
| ~ atmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions | the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow" |
| ~ west wind, wester | wind that blows from west to east. |
| ~ air | a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of.; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. wind | a tendency or force that influences events.; "the winds of change" |
| ~ influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another.; "the influence of mechanical action" |
| n. (act) | 3. wind | breath.; "the collision knocked the wind out of him" |
| ~ breathing out, exhalation, expiration | the act of expelling air from the lungs. |
| n. (communication) | 4. idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" |
| ~ talk, talking | an exchange of ideas via conversation.; "let's have more work and less talk around here" |
| n. (communication) | 5. confidential information, hint, lead, steer, tip, wind | an indication of potential opportunity.; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. wind, wind instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath. |
| ~ bell | the flared opening of a tubular device. |
| ~ brass instrument, brass | a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece. |
| ~ free-reed instrument | a wind instrument with a free reed. |
| ~ kazoo | a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece. |
| ~ embouchure, mouthpiece | the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly. |
| ~ musical instrument, instrument | any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds. |
| ~ ocarina, sweet potato | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes. |
| ~ pipe organ, organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard. |
| ~ organ pipe, pipework, pipe | the flues and stops on a pipe organ. |
| ~ pipe | a tubular wind instrument. |
| ~ post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| ~ whistle | a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it. |
| ~ woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments. |
| n. (act) | 7. breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus, wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus. |
| ~ inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus. |
| n. (act) | 8. twist, wind, winding | the act of winding or twisting.; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" |
| ~ rotary motion, rotation | the act of rotating as if on an axis.; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
| v. (motion) | 9. meander, thread, wander, weave, 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ snake | move along a winding path.; "The army snaked through the jungle" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (stative) | 10. curve, twist, wind | extend in curves and turns.; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ circumvolute | wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail. |
| ~ spiral | form a spiral.; "The path spirals up the mountain" |
| ~ snake | form a snake-like pattern.; "The river snakes through the valley" |
| v. (contact) | 11. roll, twine, wind, wrap | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ spool | wind onto a spool or a reel. |
| ~ reel | wind onto or off a reel. |
| ~ ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling.; "ball wool" |
| ~ clew, clue | roll into a ball. |
| ~ coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (perception) | 12. nose, scent, wind | catch the scent of; get wind of.; "The dog nosed out the drugs" |
| ~ smell | inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. |
| v. (contact) | 13. wind, wind up | coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem.; "wind your watch" |
| ~ tighten, fasten | make tight or tighter.; "Tighten the wire" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (contact) | 14. wind, wreathe | form into a wreath. |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| v. (contact) | 15. hoist, lift, wind | raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" |
| ~ trice, trice up | hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope. |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
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