The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WIND which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2009.
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WIND | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Word that can precede the first word of the answers to starred clues
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- lead
- catchword
- sense
- acrostic
- sensed
- sensing
- context
- keys
- key
- witness
- form
Crossword Answer definitions
WIND noun- Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
- The ability to breathe easily.
- News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
- One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements).
- Flatus.
- Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
- The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
- 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".
- Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
- A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
- Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
- A bird, the dotterel.
- The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
- To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.
- To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
- To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
- To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
- To perceive or follow by scent.
- To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
- To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
- The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
- To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
- To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
- To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- To travel in a way that is not straight.
- To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
- To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- To cover or surround with something coiled about.
- To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
- To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
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