| Samengestelde woorden: |
| becalm sth vtr | (ship: make motionless) (letterlijk, scheepvaart) | de wind uit de zeilen nemen overg. uitdr. |
| downwind adv | (in same direction as the wind) | met de wind mee bw |
| | The yacht was sailing downwind. |
eolian (US),
aeolian (UK) adj | (relating to the wind) | eolisch bn |
| | (in samenstelling) | wind- bn |
| fart vi | vulgar, slang (pass intestinal gas) | een wind laten onoverg.ww |
| | (informeel) | een scheet laten onoverg.ww |
| | Jimmy embarrassed his mother when he accidentally farted in front of her friends. |
| flout sth vtr | (disregard: a rule) (figuurlijk) | in de wind slaan frase |
| | | afwijzen overg. ww |
| | | geen acht slaan op frase |
| | In her anger, Maryanne decided to flout the rules and stay out past curfew. |
| gale n | (strong wind) | harde wind nw de |
| | The gale is getting stronger. It's blowing a gale out there! |
| give sb a kicking v expr | figurative, informal (criticize sb heavily) (figuurlijk, informeel) | iem. de wind van voren geven overg.uitdr. |
| | The film critic gave the director a kicking for the boring film. |
| head adj | (maritime: from in front of) | wind tegen nw de |
| | | kopwind nw de |
| | The strong head winds slowed the sailing vessel. |
lambaste sb,
lambast,
lambast sb vtr | (attack or criticize verbally) | bekritiseren overg. ww |
| | | verbaal aanvallen bw+ww |
| | | de wind van voren geven frase |
| | (figuurlijk) | neersabelen overg. ww |
| lay into sb vtr phrasal insep | informal (criticize) (informeel, figuurlijk) | ervan langs geven, de wind van voren geven overg. uitdr. |
| | (informeel) | uitkafferen overg.ww |
| | Kate laid into her husband for arriving late. |
| luff vi | (sail: flap when close to wind) | wapperen van het zeil omdat het in de wind staat |
| outpoint sth vtr | (nautical: sail closer to wind than) (scheepvaart) | dichter bij de wind zeilen frase |
take a bashing,
get a bashing,
receive a bashing,
be given a bashing v expr | figurative, informal (be attacked verbally, in writing) (figuurlijk, informeel) | er van langs krijgen, de wind van voren krijgen onoverg.uitdr. |
| | The movie took a bashing from the critics. |
take a kicking,
suffer a kicking v expr | figurative, informal (be heavily criticized) (figuurlijk, informeel) | er flink van langs krijgen, de wind van voren krijgen onoverg.uitdr. |
| | He's taken a real kicking in the tabloids for his extra-marital affairs. |
| trump vi | UK, slang (pass intestinal gas) (slang) | ruften onoverg. ww |
| | (slang) | een ruft laten frase |
| | | een wind laten, een scheet laten frase |
| | There's a terrible smell in here; have you just trumped? |
| unheeded adj | (advice: not listened to) | genegeerd bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | in de wind geslagen frase |
| | My warning went unheeded; Geoff ignored my advice and consequently lost a lot of money. |
| upwind adj | (in direction from which wind is blowing) | tegen de wind in gaand bn |
| windblown adj | (tossed around by the wind) | door de wind meegevoerd bn |
| | | door de wind weggeblazen bn |
| | Windblown leaves covered the ground. |
windswept,
wind-swept adj | (blown by the wind) | winderig, aan wind blootgesteld bn |
| | Dartmoor's windswept landscape is among the most beautiful in Europe. |
wind-up,
windup n | US (baseball: swing) (honkbal) | wind-up nw de |
| | There's the wind-up for the pitch ... and it's low and outside for ball two. |
| windward adv | (against the wind) | tegen de wind in bw |
| | | windwaarts bw |
| | The yacht was sailing windward. |
| windward adj | (side the wind blows from) (in samenst.: zijde) | wind-, loef- |
| | The windward side of the island gets more rain than other areas. |
| zephyr n | (gentle wind) | zachte wind bn + nw de |
| | (wind) | zefier nw de |
| | The zephyr blew gently. |