wind
v. turn, coil; twist around, convolute; meander; bind, bandage; be bound; be twisted around; change direction n. act of twisting or turning; bend; curve v. air out, ventilate; blow a wind instrument; make sound by blowing; search out by smell; cause to be out of breath; catch one´s breath n. breeze; direction of the wind; gale; breath; wind instrument (Music); intestinal gas; social or political current; hint; nonsense; conceit | ||||
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Wind Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Wind
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
(n.)
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
(n.)
Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
(n.)
Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
(n.)
Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
(n.)
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
(n.)
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
(n.)
Power of respiration; breath.
(n.)
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
(n.)
The dotterel.
(v. i.)
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
(v. i.)
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
(v. i.)
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
(v. t.)
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
(v. t.)
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
(v. t.)
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
(v. t.)
To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
(v. t.)
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
(v. t.)
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
(v. t.)
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
(v. t.)
To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
(v. t.)
To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
(v. t.)
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
(n.)
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
(n.)
Air impregnated with an odor or scent.
(n.)
Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air.
(n.)
Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
(n.)
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
(n.)
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
(n.)
Power of respiration; breath.
(n.)
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
(n.)
The dotterel.
(v. i.)
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
(v. i.)
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
(v. i.)
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
(v. t.)
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and mutually involved notes.
(v. t.)
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
(v. t.)
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
(v. t.)
To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
(v. t.)
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
(v. t.)
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
(v. t.)
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
(v. t.)
To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
(v. t.)
To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
(v. t.)
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
| WordNet 2.0 |
wind
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) air current, current of air
(hypernym) weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
(hyponym) airstream
(substance-meronym) air
2. a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
(hypernym) influence
3. breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
(hypernym) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
(synonym) idle words, jazz, nothingness
(hypernym) talk, talking
5. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
(synonym) tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint
(hypernym) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
(synonym) wind instrument
(hypernym) musical instrument, instrument
(hyponym) bagpipe, pipes
(part-meronym) bell
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
(synonym) fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind
(hypernym) reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
8. the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
(synonym) winding, twist
(hypernym) rotation, rotary motion
(derivation) wind up
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) weave, thread, meander, wander
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) snake
(verb-group) wander
2. extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
(synonym) curve
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) circumvolute
3. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
(synonym) wrap, roll, twine
(antonym) unwind, wind off, unroll
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) spool
(derivation) winder
4. catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
(synonym) scent, nose
(hypernym) smell
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
(synonym) wind up
(hypernym) tighten, fasten
(entail) turn
(derivation) winding, twist
6. form into a wreath
(synonym) wreathe
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
(synonym) hoist, lift
(hypernym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
(hyponym) trice, trice up
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) air current, current of air
(hypernym) weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
(hyponym) airstream
(substance-meronym) air
2. a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
(hypernym) influence
3. breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
(hypernym) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
(synonym) idle words, jazz, nothingness
(hypernym) talk, talking
5. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
(synonym) tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint
(hypernym) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
(synonym) wind instrument
(hypernym) musical instrument, instrument
(hyponym) bagpipe, pipes
(part-meronym) bell
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
(synonym) fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind
(hypernym) reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
8. the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
(synonym) winding, twist
(hypernym) rotation, rotary motion
(derivation) wind up
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) weave, thread, meander, wander
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) snake
(verb-group) wander
2. extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
(synonym) curve
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) circumvolute
3. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
(synonym) wrap, roll, twine
(antonym) unwind, wind off, unroll
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) spool
(derivation) winder
4. catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
(synonym) scent, nose
(hypernym) smell
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
(synonym) wind up
(hypernym) tighten, fasten
(entail) turn
(derivation) winding, twist
6. form into a wreath
(synonym) wreathe
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
(synonym) hoist, lift
(hypernym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
(hyponym) trice, trice up
| The Phrase Finder |
Not the ill wind which blows no man to good
Origin
From Shakespeare's King Henry IV. Part II.
Origin
From Shakespeare's King Henry IV. Part II.
The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind
Meaning
Misheard lyric.
Origin
Misheard version of Bob Dylan's 'the answer my friend is blowing in the wind'. Difficult to know whether this was genuinely misheard or whether it is just a nice line that someone made up and presented as misheard.
The wind of change is blowing through this continent
Origin
Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) British prime minister in a speech to the South African Parliament, 1960. 'The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.'
Three sheets to the wind
Meaning
Drunk.
Origin
Three sheets to (or in) the wind is a nautical expression. If three sheets - which are the ropes holding the sails rather than the sails themselves - are loose and blowing about then the boat will lurch about like a drunken sailor. Dickens uses it in Dombey and Son.
| Australian Slang |
All piss and wind
loquacious, but insincere loquacious, but insincere
loquacious, but insincere loquacious, but insincere
Get the wind up
become anxious
Piss and wind
futile exercise
Piss in the wind
embark on a futile course of action
Put the wind up ya!
to frighten someone or to intimidate
| English Slang Dictionary v1.2 |
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
wind
| hEnglish - advanced version |
wind
wind
\wind\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. wound (wound) (rarely winded); p. pr. & vb. n. winding.] [oe. winden, as. windan; akin to os. windan, d. & g. winden, ohg. wintan, icel. & sw. vinda, dan. vinde, goth. windan (in comp.). cf. wander, wend.]
1. to turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. whether to wind the woodbine round this arbor.
2. to entwist; to infold; to encircle. sleep, and i will wind thee in arms.
3. to have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. "to turn and wind a fiery pegasus." in his terms so he would him wind. gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please and wind all other witnesses. were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
4. to introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. you have contrived to wind yourself into a power tyrannical. little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. --gov. of tongue.
5. to cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
similar words(99)
to break wind
against the wind
to touch the wind
wind signal
gentle wind
before the wind
chinook wind
wind sleeve
into the wind
wind sock
wind scale
wind shake
cross wind
wind shock
to gain the wind
wind rose
wind rush
wind sail
in the eye of the wind
wind power
down-wind
wind pump
wind river systems
wind hatch
wind instrument
get wind
wind vane
wind-shaken
broken wind
wind-sucker
to take wind
wind-sucking
wind-broken
close to the wind
wind-fertilized
wind-plant
wind-rode
breaking wind
a sheet in the wind
thick wind
wood wind
wind wheel
wind-break
west wind
wind tee
on the wings of the wind
wind tunnel
on the wind
wind up
wind side
both sheets in the wind
to haul the wind
baffling wind
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\wind\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. wound (wound) (rarely winded); p. pr. & vb. n. winding.] [oe. winden, as. windan; akin to os. windan, d. & g. winden, ohg. wintan, icel. & sw. vinda, dan. vinde, goth. windan (in comp.). cf. wander, wend.]
1. to turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. whether to wind the woodbine round this arbor.
2. to entwist; to infold; to encircle. sleep, and i will wind thee in arms.
3. to have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern. "to turn and wind a fiery pegasus." in his terms so he would him wind. gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please and wind all other witnesses. were our legislature vested in the prince, he might wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
4. to introduce by insinuation; to insinuate. you have contrived to wind yourself into a power tyrannical. little arts and dexterities they have to wind in such things into discourse. --gov. of tongue.
5. to cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
similar words(99)
to break wind
against the wind
to touch the wind
wind signal
gentle wind
before the wind
chinook wind
wind sleeve
into the wind
wind sock
wind scale
wind shake
cross wind
wind shock
to gain the wind
wind rose
wind rush
wind sail
in the eye of the wind
wind power
down-wind
wind pump
wind river systems
wind hatch
wind instrument
get wind
wind vane
wind-shaken
broken wind
wind-sucker
to take wind
wind-sucking
wind-broken
close to the wind
wind-fertilized
wind-plant
wind-rode
breaking wind
a sheet in the wind
thick wind
wood wind
wind wheel
wind-break
west wind
wind tee
on the wings of the wind
wind tunnel
on the wind
wind up
wind side
both sheets in the wind
to haul the wind
baffling wind
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@@wind
wind egg
wind exposure
wind furnace
wind chest
wind colic
to carry the wind
wind deflection
to be in the wind
wind band
with the wind
wind-up
volcanic wind
land wind
near the wind
slant or wind
between wind and water
wind cave national park
a beating wind
up-wind
side wind
head wind
a capful of wind
to raise the wind
wind off
three sheets in the wind
wind poppy
wind generator
to wind out
to get wind
wind gun
on a wind
to eat the wind out of a vessel
wind harp
dead wind
wind dropsy
the wind
to wind up
to take the wind out of one`s sails
trade wind
all in the wind
down the wind
wind gap
to wind a ship
wind gauge
to wind off
wind generation
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
wind
g(h)aoth f.
g(h)aoth f.
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Awel
Awel = n. a gale, a breeze, wind
Awel = n. a gale, a breeze, wind
Cymhibau
Cymhibau = n. the wind pipe and liver; a hemhorrhage
Dwyreinwynt
Dwyreinwynt = n. east wind
Dyrwyn
Dyrwyn = v. to wind, to twist
Dyrynu
Dyrynu = v. to wind round
Gwrthwynt
Gwrthwynt = n. an adverse wind
Gwynt
Gwynt = n. wind, breath
Gwyntog
Gwyntog = a. windy, full of wind
Oerwynt
Oerwynt = n. a cold wind
Rhwyn
Rhwyn = n. a wind, a twist
Rhyfawrth
Rhyfawrth = n. March wind
| Dream Dictionary |
Wind
To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great fortune will come to you through bereavement.
If you hear the wind soughing, denotes that you will wander in estrangement from one whose life is empty without you.
To walk briskly against a brisk wind, foretells that you will courageously resist temptation and pursue fortune with a determination not easily put aside. For the wind to blow you along against your wishes, portends failure in business undertakings and disappointments in love. If the wind blows you in the direction you wish to go you will find unexpected and helpful allies, or that you have natural advantages over a rival or competitor.
To dream of the wind blowing softly and sadly upon you, signifies that great fortune will come to you through bereavement.
If you hear the wind soughing, denotes that you will wander in estrangement from one whose life is empty without you.
To walk briskly against a brisk wind, foretells that you will courageously resist temptation and pursue fortune with a determination not easily put aside. For the wind to blow you along against your wishes, portends failure in business undertakings and disappointments in love. If the wind blows you in the direction you wish to go you will find unexpected and helpful allies, or that you have natural advantages over a rival or competitor.
| Phobia |
Ancraophobia
Fear of wind.
Also known as Anemophobia
Fear of wind.
Also known as Anemophobia
Lilapsophobia
Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes
Wind Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Rakefet |
Wind
Wind Often used synonymously with spirit and breath, which are denoted by similar or identical words in many languages. In the New Testament (John 3:8) Jesus uses the simile of wind for spirit: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Another equally exact translation reads: "The Spirit breathes wither it will, and you hear its voice (or power), but know not whence it comes and whither its destination; thus is everyone who arises out of the spirit."
Wind is also used alternatively with air. The regents of the cosmic forces of north, south, east, and west -- the four Maharajas connected with karma -- have as their material agents the four corresponding winds or spirits, which mightily influence all living things.
With the Greeks, "the cave of the winds was the earth, and the winds were the winds of the spirit, the circulations of the universe figurated as winds: a cave of which the north gate was made of horn through which they ascend also, but mainly descend. And the south gate of the earth, or of the cave of the winds, was made of ivory, signifying the elephants of the south, as the horn does the tusks of the animals of the north. And out of the south gate go the hordes of men" (SOPh 321-2). See also ANIMA ; Pneuma ; Spiritus
Wind Often used synonymously with spirit and breath, which are denoted by similar or identical words in many languages. In the New Testament (John 3:8) Jesus uses the simile of wind for spirit: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Another equally exact translation reads: "The Spirit breathes wither it will, and you hear its voice (or power), but know not whence it comes and whither its destination; thus is everyone who arises out of the spirit."
Wind is also used alternatively with air. The regents of the cosmic forces of north, south, east, and west -- the four Maharajas connected with karma -- have as their material agents the four corresponding winds or spirits, which mightily influence all living things.
With the Greeks, "the cave of the winds was the earth, and the winds were the winds of the spirit, the circulations of the universe figurated as winds: a cave of which the north gate was made of horn through which they ascend also, but mainly descend. And the south gate of the earth, or of the cave of the winds, was made of ivory, signifying the elephants of the south, as the horn does the tusks of the animals of the north. And out of the south gate go the hordes of men" (SOPh 321-2). See also ANIMA ; Pneuma ; Spiritus
Wind Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WEATHER&METEOROLOGY |
WIND
Air that flows in relation to the earth's surface, generally horizontally. There are four areas of wind that are measured: direction, speed, character (gusts and squalls), and shifts. Surface winds are measured by wind vanes and anemometers, while upper level winds are detected through pilot balloons, rawin, or aircraft reports.
Air that flows in relation to the earth's surface, generally horizontally. There are four areas of wind that are measured: direction, speed, character (gusts and squalls), and shifts. Surface winds are measured by wind vanes and anemometers, while upper level winds are detected through pilot balloons, rawin, or aircraft reports.
| Aircraft Photographic Glossary |
| Physical Geography Terms and Meanings |
Wind
Air moving horizontally and/ or vertically.
Air moving horizontally and/ or vertically.
| ICAO aircraft designation codes |
WIND
WATSON GW-1 Windwagon L1P L
WATSON GW-1 Windwagon L1P L
Wind Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
WIND
Moving air.
Moving air.
Wind Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
wind
ventus
ventus
Wind Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Wind
salan (n., meteor.); kuvor-tor (v.)
salan (n., meteor.); kuvor-tor (v.)
| English - Klingon |
wind
n. SuS
n. SuS
Wind Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| A Basic Guide to ASL |
Wind
The '5'
hand, palms facing and held up before the body, sway gracefully back and forth, in unison. The cheeks meanwhile are puffed up and the breath is being expelled. The nature of the swaying movement--graceful and slow, fast and violent, etc.--determines the type of wind. The strength of exhalation is also a qualifying device.
The '5'
Wind Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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WIND
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Develops, markets and supports advanced software operating systems which allow customers to create complex real-time software applications for embedded computers and provides consulting services for customers.
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Develops, markets and supports advanced software operating systems which allow customers to create complex real-time software applications for embedded computers and provides consulting services for customers.
Wind Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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WIND
- This article is about the WIND spacecraft. For the radio station, see WIND (AM).
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Wind
Wind is the flow of air. More generally, it is the flow of the gases which compose an atmosphere; since wind is not only an Earth based phenomenon.
Winds are commonly classified by their spatial scale, their speed, the types of forces that cause them, the geographic regions in which they occur, or their effect.
There are global winds, such as the wind belts which exist between the atmospheric circulation cells. There are upper-level winds which typically include narrow belts of concentrated flow called jet streams. There are synoptic-scale winds that result from pressure differences in surface air masses in the middle latitudes, and there are winds that come about as a consequence of geographic features, such as the sea breezes. Mesoscale winds are those which act on a local scale, such as gust fronts. At the smallest scale are the microscale winds, which blow on a scale of only tens to hundreds of meters and are essentially unpredictable, such as dust devils and microbursts.
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Wireless Nodes Database
WiND is a Web application targeted at Wireless community networks. It was created as a replacement for NodeDB for the members of Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (AWMN) located in Athens, Greece.
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