on the wind
Drifting through air
On the wind describes something carried by or traveling through moving air.
Sailors use it technically for a direction relative to the wind: sailing close on the wind.
More commonly it suggests something sensed faintly or approaching from a distance: There's change on the wind.
A scent or sound arrives on the wind when air currents bring it: The smell of smoke came on the wind.
- rumorsUnconfirmed circulating stories
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
- word of mouthInformation passed through conversation
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- gustsSudden bursts of air
breeze · pollen · omens · intuition · change · freedom · shifting sands · wanderlust · wild and free · ephemerality · gales · prophecy · zephyrs · echoes · leaves · feathers · smoke · ash
on the windgrounded
Stable and realistic
earthbound · rooted · anchored · on the ground · planted
on the windat rest
Motionless, unmoving
still · stationary · motionless · grounded · becalmed
on the windset in stone
Permanently fixed, unalterable
established · confirmed · settled · in the past · dead and buried
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