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  • 1 get wind of

    (to get a hint of or hear indirectly about.) παίρνω χαμπάρι, ψυλλιάζομαι

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  • 2 wind

    I 1. [wind] noun
    1) ((an) outdoor current of air: The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.) αέρας, άνεμος
    2) (breath: Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.) αναπνοή, ανάσα
    3) (air or gas in the stomach or intestines: His stomach pains were due to wind.) αέρια
    2. verb
    (to cause to be out of breath: The heavy blow winded him.) κόβω την ανάσα
    3. adjective
    ((of a musical instrument) operated or played using air pressure, especially a person's breath.) πνευστός
    - windiness
    - windfall
    - windmill
    - windpipe
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windscreen
    - windsock
    - windsurf
    - windsurfer
    - windsurfing
    - windswept
    - get the wind up
    - get wind of
    - get one's second wind
    - in the wind
    - like the wind     II past tense, past participle - wound; verb
    1) (to wrap round in coils: He wound the rope around his waist and began to climb.) τυλίγω
    2) (to make into a ball or coil: to wind wool.) τυλίγω, κάνω κουβάρι
    3) ((of a road etc) to twist and turn: The road winds up the mountain.) ελίσσομαι, κάνω κορδέλες
    4) (to tighten the spring of (a clock, watch etc) by turning a knob, handle etc: I forgot to wind my watch.) κουρδίζω
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    - winding
    - wind up
    - be/get wound up

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  • 3 Wind

    subs.
    P. and V. ἄνεμος, ὁ, πνεῦμα, τό. Ar. and V. πνοή, ἡ (rare P.), αὔρα, ἡ (also Plat. but rare P.).
    Blast: Ar. and V. φύσημα, τό, V. ἄημα, τό, ἄησις, ἡ.
    Fair wind: V. οὖρος, ὁ (also Xen.), P. οὔριος ἄνεμος, ὁ.
    Before the wind: V. κατʼ οὖρον.
    East wind: P. and V. ἀπηλιώτης, ὁ.
    North wind: P. and V. βορρᾶς, ὁ, βορέας, ὁ (Eur., Cycl. 329; also Ar.).
    South wind: P. and V. νότος, ὁ (Æsch., frag.).
    West wind: P. ζέφυρος, ὁ (Arist.).
    Trade winds: P. ἐτησίαι, οἱ.
    Sheltered from the wind, adj.: V. ὑπήνεμος (also Xen.).
    A haven sheltered from the wind: V. λιμὴν εὐήνεμος (Eur., And. 749).
    Fling to the winds: met., see Reject.
    Fling his garlands to the winds and storms: V. στέμματʼ ἀνέμοις καὶ θυέλλαισιν μέθες (Eur., Bacch. 350).
    Your praises of the Phrygians I fling to the winds: V. Φρυγῶν ἐπαινέσεις ἀνέμοις φέρεσθαι παραδίδωμι (Eur., Tro. 418).
    Flatulence: P. φῦσαι, αἱ (Plat.).
    Breath: P. and V. πνεῦμα, τό, Ar. and V. πνοή, ἡ (rare P.), φύσημα, τό (also Plat. but rare P.). V. ἀμπνοή, ἡ.
    Get wind of, v.: P. προαισθάνεσθαι (gen. or absol.).
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    subs.
    See Bend.
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    v. trans.
    Blow (horn, etc.): P. and V. φυσᾶν.
    Wind into a ball: Ar. τολυπεύειν (absol.).
    Twine P. and V. πλέκειν, συμπλέκειν, ἐμπλέκειν, V. ἑλίσσειν, εἱλίσσειν.
    Spin: Ar. and V. κυκλεῖν.
    Cast around: P. and V. περιβάλλειν, V. ἀμφιβάλλειν: see Twine, Twist.
    V. intrans.
    Twist: P. and V. κυκλεῖσθαι, V. ἑλίσσεσθαι (also Plat. but rare P.), εἱλίσσεσθαι.
    Pass slowly: P. and V. βαδίζειν (rare V.), Ar. and V. βαίνειν, στείχειν.
    Wind up: see Finish.
    Wind round: P. περιελίσσειν (τι περί τι).
    Wind ( oneself) round: P. περιελίσσεσθαι (περί, acc. or absol.) (Plat.), περιπτύσσεσθαι (Plat.) (absol.); see Surround, Embrace.

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  • 4 get the wind up

    (to become nervous or anxious: She got the wind up when she realized how close we were to the edge.) μου σηκώνεται η τρίχα

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  • 5 get one's second wind

    (to recover one's natural breathing after breathlessness.) ξαναβρίσκω την ανάσα μου

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  • 6 Favourable

    adj.
    Friendly: P. and V. εὔνους, εὐμενής, φίλιος, ἵλεως ( sometimes scanned as dissyllable), Ar. and V. φίλος, εὔφρων, πρόφρων, V. πρευμενής, P. εὐνοϊκός.
    Be favourable to, v.: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.), P. ἡδέως ἔχειν (dat.).
    Be favourable ( of fortune): V. εὐροεῖν.
    Favourable to Athens: Ar. and P. φιλαθήναιος.
    Auspicious: P. and V. καλός, εὔφημος (Plat.), εὐτυχής. V. δεξιός, εὐμενής, πρευμενής, Ar. and V. αἴσιος (also Xen. but rare P.).
    Obtain favourable omens in sacrificing. v.: Ar. and P. καλλιερεῖσθαι.
    Of wind: P. and V. οὔριος (Thuc. 7, 53; also Plat.).
    A favourable wind: V. οὖρος, ὁ (also Xen.), P. οὔριος ἄνεμος, ὁ.
    If the wind is always favourable: P. ἐὰν ἀεὶ κατὰ πρύμναν ἱστῆται τὸ πνεῦμα (Thuc. 2, 97).
    May our voyage be favourable: V. γένοιτο δὲ πλοῦς οὔριος (Soph., Phil. 779).
    Favourable for: P. and V. ἐπιτήδειος (dat.), σύμφορος (dat.); see Suitable.
    When after long negotiations they failed to get a favourable answer from the Athenians: P. ἐπειδὴ ἐξ Ἀθηναίων ἐκ πολλοῦ πράσσοντες οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐπιτήδειον (Thuc. 1, 58).

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  • 7 rise

    1. past tense - rose; verb
    1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) ανεβαίνω, αυξάνομαι, υψώνομαι
    2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) υψώνομαι
    3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) σηκώνομαι
    4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) σηκώνομαι όρθιος
    5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) ανατέλλω
    6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) υψώνομαι
    7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) εξεγείρομαι
    8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) ανέρχομαι
    9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) πηγάζω
    10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) σηκώνομαι
    11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) ορθώνομαι
    12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) ανασταίνομαι
    2. noun
    1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) ανύψωση, αύξηση
    2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) αύξηση
    3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) ύψωμα
    4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) άνοδος, ανάπτυξη, ακμή
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    3. adjective
    the rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) ανατέλλων/ ανερχόμενος/ αυξανόμενος
    - late riser
    - give rise to
    - rise to the occasion

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  • 8 brass

    1) (an alloy of copper and zinc: This plate is made of brass; ( also adjective) a brass door-knocker.) μπρούτζος, μπρούτζινος
    2) (wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal.) χάλκινο πνευστό όργανο
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    - brass band
    - brass neck
    - get down to brass tacks

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  • 9 flap

    [flæp] 1. noun
    1) (anything broad or wide that hangs loosely: a flap of canvas.) πτερύγιο, `φύλλο`
    2) (the sound made when such a thing moves: We could hear the flap of the flag blowing in the wind.) πλατάγισμα,ανέμισμα
    3) (great confusion or panic: They are all in a terrible flap.) ταραχή,πανικός
    2. verb
    1) (to (make something) move with the sound of a flap: the leaves were flapping in the breeze; The bird flapped its wings.) φτεροκοπώ, ανεμίζω, κυματίζω
    2) (to become confused; to get into a panic: There is no need to flap.) τα χάνω,πανικοβάλλομαι

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  • 10 shift

    [ʃift] 1. verb
    1) (to change (the) position or direction (of): We spent the whole evening shifting furniture around; The wind shifted to the west overnight.) αλλάζω θέση,μετακινώ,αλλάζω κατεύθυνση
    2) (to transfer: She shifted the blame on to me.) μεταθέτω
    3) (to get rid of: This detergent shifts stains.) απομακρύνω
    2. noun
    1) (a change (of position etc): a shift of emphasis.) μετάθεση,μετατόπιση
    2) (a group of people who begin work on a job when another group stop work: The night shift does the heavy work.) βάρδια
    3) (the period during which such a group works: an eight-hour shift; ( also adjective) shift work.) βάρδια/σε βάρδιες
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    - shiftlessness
    - shifty
    - shiftily
    - shiftiness

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  • 11 Overtake

    v. trans.
    Come up with: P. καταλαμβάνειν, ἐπικαταλαμβάνειν.
    Get in front of: P. and V. φθάνειν, προφθάνειν, προλαμβάνειν, P. προκαταλαμβάνειν.
    Befall: P. and V. καταλαμβάνειν, προσπίπτειν (dat.); see Befall.
    Surprise: P. and V. αἱρεῖν, λαμβάνειν, καταλαμβάνειν, P. ἐπιλαμβάνειν.
    Be overtaken by a storm: P. and V. χειμάζεσθαι.
    Be overtaken by a storm of wind: P. ἁρπάζεσθαι ὑπʼ ἀνέμου (Thuc. 6, 104).

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  • 12 Rise

    v. intrans.
    Get up from sitting, etc.: P. and V. ἀνίστασθαι, ἐξανίστασθαι, V. ὀρθοῦσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐπανίστασθαι.
    Of an assembly: P. and V. ἀνίστασθαι.
    Rise from one's seat in honour of a person: Ar. and P. ὑπανίστασθαι (dat.) (Xen.).
    Rise from bed: P. and V. ἀνίστασθαι, ἐξανίστασθαι, V. ἐπαντέλλειν (Æsch., Ag. 27).
    Awake: P. and V. ἐγείρεσθαι, ἐξεγείρεσθαι.
    Rise from the dead: P. and V. ἀνίστασθαι, V. ἐξανέρχεσθαι.
    Go up: P. and V. ἀνέρχεσθαι.
    Ascend: P. and V. αἴρεσθαι, ἄνω φέρεσθαι.
    What shall I tell of first? The dust that rose to heaven? V. τί πρῶτον εἴπω πότερα τὴν ἐς οὐρανὸν κόνιν προσαντέλλουσαν; (Eur., Supp. 687).
    Of the sun, etc.: Ar. and P. ἀνατέλλειν, P. ἀνίσχειν, V. ἀνέρχεσθαι.
    Of ground: use P. μετέωρος εἶναι.
    Grow, increase: P. and V. αὐξάνεσθαι, αὔξεσθαι, P. ἐπαυξάνεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐπιδιδόναι, V. ὀφέλλεσθαι.
    When the price of corn rose: P. ὅτε ὁ σῖτος ἐπετιμήθη (Dem. 918, cf. 1208).
    Prices had risen: P. αἱ τιμαὶ ἐπετέταντο (Dem. 1290).
    Come to pass: P. and V. συμβαίνειν, συμπίπτειν; see Occur.
    Come into being: P. and V. φαίνεσθαι, γίγνεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀναφαίνεσθαι, V. ὀρωρέναι (perf. of ὀρνύναι).
    Rise in rebellion: Ar. and P. ἐπανίστασθαι.
    Rise against: Ar. and P. ἐπανίστασθαι (dat.).
    Of a river: P. ἀναδιδόναι (Hdt.).
    Rise in a place: use P. and V. ῥεῖν ἐκ (gen.).
    Of a wind: use P. and V. γίγνεσθαι (Thuc. 1, 54).
    Project: P. and V. προὔχειν, Ar. and P. ἐξέχειν; see Project.
    A black rock rising high above the ground: V. μέλαινα πέτρα γῆς ὑπερτέλλουσʼ ἄνω (Eur., Hec. 1010).
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    subs.
    Increase: P. ἐπίδοσις, ἡ.
    Growth: P. αὔξησις, ἡ.
    Origin: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ.
    Of the sun, etc.: P. ἀνατολή, ἡ, V. ἀντολή, ἡ, or pl.
    Of a star: P. ἐπιτολαί, αἱ.
    At sun rise: P. ἅμʼ ἡλίῳ ἀνέχοντι (Xen.), V. ἡλίου τέλλοντος.

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