windmill

windmill englannista suomeksi

1. tuulimylly

2. tuulivoimalla toimiva mylly

0. Substantiivi

1. tuulimylly

2. tuulihyrrä

2. Verbi

3. pyörittää, kieputtaa, huiskia

4. pyöriä, kieppua

windmill englanniksi

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

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3. The structure containing such machinery.

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

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

6. A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.

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

8. 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.

9. (c) 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 cuffs) but sometimes even a wiper.

10. Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus (taxlink), the wings of which resemble the vanes of a windmill.

11. The shower.

12. An imaginary enemy, but presented as real.

13. To rotate with a sweeping motion.

''She ran down the hill, windmilling her arms with glee.''

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17. 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.''

18. {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Walter J. Boyne; Philip Handleman|title=Brassey's Air Combat Reader|page=18

19. {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=James R. Hansen|title=First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong|page=134