a breath of wind

a Determinative

— A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type. Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".

a Noun

— A is the first letter of the alphabet. The letter "a" comes before "b". — In some schools, an A is a very high grade. Ron got an A on his earth science test.

breath Noun

— Your breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs. After running for just a minute, his breath was coming quickly. — A breath is the air that you move into and out of your lungs one time. Take a big breath and put your face in the water.

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

wind Verb

— If you wind something you wrap it around and make it tight. You need to wind the string around the stick. — If you wind a clock or watch you tighten a spring inside it. This is done by turning knob. The spring powers the clock or watch as it unwinds (stops being tight). — If something winds it twists around in different directions. The road winds for miles. — If something winds down, it runs out of power and gets slower. (Like a watch that is unwinding.) — How something winds up is how it becomes in the end or after something happens. I wound up lost after I made the wrong turn.