Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking;
- Example: "She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting"- Example: "the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind"2.
the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
second wind
n 1: renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking; "She
had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting"; "the
employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of
developments, regained their second wind"
2: the return of relatively easy breathing after initial
exhaustion during continuous exertion
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "second wind":
new birth, palingenesis, palingenesy, reanimation, rebirth,
recrudescence, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness,
regeneration, regenesis, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, renaissance,
renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation,
revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification,
second youth