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windmill
noun
1 a mechanical device operated by wind-driven sails or vanes that revolve about a fixed shaft, formerly used in W Europe to mill flour, now used in many developing countries to pump water (eg for land drainage) and to generate electricity.
2 a toy with a set of plastic or paper sails mounted on a stick, that revolve in the wind.
verb to move, or make something move, like the vanes of a windmill.
[13c]
tilt at windmills to attack imaginary opponents
[With reference to Cervantes' hero Don Quixote, who in a crazed state gave battle to windmills, thinking them to be knights]
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noun
1 a mechanical device operated by wind-driven sails or vanes that revolve about a fixed shaft, formerly used in W Europe to mill flour, now used in many developing countries to pump water (eg for land drainage) and to generate electricity.
2 a toy with a set of plastic or paper sails mounted on a stick, that revolve in the wind.
verb to move, or make something move, like the vanes of a windmill.
[13c]
tilt at windmills to attack imaginary opponents
[With reference to Cervantes' hero Don Quixote, who in a crazed state gave battle to windmills, thinking them to be knights]
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