windmill meaning
EN
[ˈwɪnd.mɪl] 
US WWindmill
- A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Centuries ago, windmills usually were used to mill grain, pump water, or both. Thus they often were gristmills, windpumps, or both.
- NounPLwindmills
- A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
- 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.
- (juggling) The false shower.
- A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
- VerbSGwindmillsPRwindmillingPT, PPwindmilled
- (transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
- She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.
- (intransitive) Of a rotating part of a machine, to (become disengaged and) rotate freely.
- The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.
- (transitive, intransitive) To rotate with a sweeping motion.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.
- The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of windmill in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
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- Nouns
- en windmills
- en windmilled
- en windmiller
- en windmillers
- en windmilling
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "windmill" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.