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61weather — [OE] Weather goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *we ‘blow’, which also produced English ventilate and wind. From it were formed two nouns, *wedhrom (source of Russian vedro ‘good weather’) and *wetróm (source of Lithuanian vétra… …
62wind — English has three distinct words wind. The noun, ‘moving air’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic *windaz, which also produced German and Dutch wind and Swedish and Danish vind. This in turn went back to Indo European *went , whose other… …
63hyperventilate — breathe deeply and rapidly, 1931, from HYPER (Cf. hyper ) + VENTILATE (Cf. ventilate). Related: Hyperventilated; hyperventilating …
64ventilation — mid 15c., from L. ventilationem (nom. ventilatio) an exposing to the air, noun of action from pp. stem of ventilare (see VENTILATE (Cf. ventilate)) …
65ventilator — 1743, agent noun from VENTILATE (Cf. ventilate). Latin ventilator meant “a winnower.” …
66air — 1. noun 1) hundreds of birds hovered in the air Syn: sky, atmosphere; heavens, ether 2) open the windows to get some air into the room Syn: breeze, draft, wind; breath/blast of air, gust of wind 3) …
67express — adj *explicit, definite, specific, categorical Analogous words: expressed, voiced, uttered (see EXPRESS vb): lucid, *clear, perspicuous: distinct, plain (see EVIDENT): precise, exact, accurate (see CORRECT) Contrasted words: implicit,… …
68air — [n1] gases forming the atmosphere blast, breath, breeze, draft, heavens, ozone, puff, sky, stratosphere, troposphere, ventilation, waft, whiff, wind, zephyr; concept 437 air [n2] distinctive quality or character; style address, affectation,… …
69vent — English has two words vent. The verb, ‘provide with an outlet’ [14], came via Old French esventer from Vulgar Latin *exventāre ‘let out air’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ex ‘out’ and ventum ‘wind’ (source also of English …
70weather — [OE] Weather goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *we ‘blow’, which also produced English ventilate and wind. From it were formed two nouns, *wedhrom (source of Russian vedro ‘good weather’) and *wetróm (source of Lithuanian vétra… …
