WINDMILL

windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator

(noun) generator that extracts usable energy from winds

windmill

(noun) a mill that is powered by the wind

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

windmill (plural windmills)

A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.

The structure containing such machinery.

A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.

(basketball) A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.

A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.

A breakdancing move in which the dancer rolls his/her torso continuously in a circular path on the floor, across the upper chest, shoulders and back, while twirling the legs in a V shape in the air.

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Byasa, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.

(juggling) The false shower.

(metaphorical) An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.

Synonyms

• (child's toy): pinwheel

• (imaginary enemy): straw man

Hypernyms

• (machinery): machine

• (child's toy): toy

Hyponyms

• (child's toy): hand windmill

Verb

windmill (third-person singular simple present windmills, present participle windmilling, simple past and past participle windmilled)

(transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.

(intransitive) Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.

Source: Wiktionary

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Wind"mill`, n.

Definition: A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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