(meteorology, weather, aviation) A change of wind speed, direction, and magnitude over a short spatial distance.

(meteorology) A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

(meteorology) A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).

A drainage wind / fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Böhmwind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.

A katabatic wind.

Any wind characterized by intense heat and low relative humidity

(idiomatic, transitive) To hear about; to learn of, especially with respect to facts intended to have been kept confidential or secret.

(simile) quickly, at a high speed. / (simile) changeably, freely and at liberty. / (simile) invisibly, mysteriously, unpredictably.

Alternative spelling of windbreak

(transitive) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.