windmill

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
 * 2) The structure containing such machinery.
 * 3) A child's toy consisting of vanes mounted on a stick that rotate when blown by a person or by the wind.
 * 4)  A dunk where the dunker swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball through the hoop.
 * 5)  A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.
 * 6) A guitar move where the strumming hand mimics a turning windmill.
 * 7) 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.
 * 8)  Any of various muscle exercises in which a large deal of the body makes a great circle, typically one where a kettlebell is raised overhead and the torso is rotated to the other side with the hand reaching its foot (hitting the core, glutes, hamstrings, trapezius, rhomboids, deltoids and rotator cuffs) but sometimes even a windshield wiper.
 * 9) Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus, the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.
 * 10)  The false shower.
 * 11)  An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.
 * 1)  An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:, windmeule
 * Arabic: طاحونة هوائية
 * Armenian:, քամաղաց
 * Basque: haize-errota
 * Belarusian: вятра́к
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: вятърна мелница
 * Catalan: molí de vent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: větrný mlýn
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ventmuelejo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ქარის წისქვილი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: aserorterivik anorisaatilik
 * Hawaiian: wili makani
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: muileann gaoithe
 * Italian: mulino a vento
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: желдиірмен, жел диірмені
 * Korean: 풍차
 * Low German:
 * Dutch Low Saxon: windmölle, wiendmeule
 * German Low German: Windmöhl
 * Macedonian: вете́рница
 * Malay:
 * Maori: pūrere kapo hau
 * Northern East Cree: ᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔮᔥᑎᐦᑖᑭᓐ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vindmølle, vindmylne
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Wintmäl
 * Portuguese: moinho de vento
 * Romanian: moară de vânt
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: muileann-gaoithe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Southern East Cree: ᑳᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔥᑎᐦᒡ
 * Southern Altai: јел теермен
 * Spanish: molino de viento
 * Swedish: ; ,
 * Tagalog: mulino, gilingang-hangin
 * Ukrainian: вітря́к
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: vienamül
 * Welsh: melin wynt
 * West Frisian: wynmûne


 * Armenian:, քամաղաց
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: вятърна мелница
 * Catalan: molí de vent
 * Czech: větrný mlýn
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ventmuelejo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ქარის წისქვილი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: mulino a vento
 * Japanese: 風車小屋
 * Macedonian: вете́рница
 * Northern East Cree: ᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔮᔥᑎᐦᑖᑭᓐ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vindmølle, vindmylne
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: moinho de vento
 * Romanian: moară de vânt
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: muileann-gaoithe
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Southern East Cree: ᑳᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔥᑎᐦᒡ
 * Spanish: molino de viento
 * Tagalog: mulino
 * Ukrainian: вітря́к
 * Volapük: vienamülöp


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tuulihyrrä
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: вете́рница
 * Maori: pūrere kapo hau
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: molinillo de viento


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: ウインドミル


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 風車奏法


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian: въображаем противник
 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To rotate with a sweeping motion.
 * She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * The axle broke and the wheel windmilled in place briefly before careening through the wall.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , huiskia


 * Bulgarian: въртя се свободно
 * Finnish: ,