Dictionary  wind•millPronunciation: (wind'mil"), [key] —n. 1. any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails. 2. (loosely) a wind generator; wind plant. 3. Aeron.a small air turbine with blades, like those of an airplane propeller, exposed on a moving aircraft and driven by the air, used to operate gasoline pumps, radio apparatus, etc. 4. an imaginary opponent, wrong, etc. (in allusion to Cervantes' Don Quixote): to tilt at windmills. —v.i., v.t. Aeron.(of a propeller engine or turbojet engine) to rotate or cause to rotate solely under the force of a passing airstream. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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