to wind
- verb
- /waɪnd/
- The knob here winds the film back through the rollers.
- wind into coils
- wind silk thread
So think not quite so advanced, but think of like wind up toys.
- So think not quite so advanced, but think of like wind up toys.
- So let's wind that all to all the way to the ends.
Examples
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To get the toy to work, you need to wind the key until it clicks.
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Before a tree can grow, it must wind its roots into the ground.
Fiction book (1992) -
So you would put in your cable here in the little USB port, wind it up, kind of put it inside here, boom.
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Alfie jogged along the wooded lane that wound through the park outside the hospital compound.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her dark hair, streaked with grey, was wound in a bun at the nape of her neck.
Fiction book (1992) -
Before storing the extension cord, make sure to wind it neatly to prevent tangling.
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He carefully winds the yarn around the spool to keep it organized.
Synonyms
To cover something by putting material around it
To shape something into a long round form by turning it
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
To form into a curved or spiral shape
To wind something around to make a ring
To wind something into loops or move in a spiral
Twist or coil together into a tight, tangled mass
To twist threads together or wind them around something
To wrap something by turning it around another object
To twist something into a tight coil
To twist or coil together into a spiral shape
To wind or twist inward in a spiral like a snail's shell
To move in slow twisting ways like smoke or vines
Antonyms
Idioms
- Specialized
Sailing with the boat pointed almost into the wind to go as directly toward it as possible
- Literature
A person who moves or behaves in a smooth, flexible way like a dancer
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind
- Specialized
A large machine that moves air to test how it affects objects like cars or planes
- Specialized
A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
- Specialized
A strong wind that blows when cold, heavy air flows down from high ground like a mountain or plateau
- US
A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and quickly raises temperature
- Specialized
A wind in the tropics that blows from west to east above the trade winds
A decorative thing of metal, glass or clay that hangs and makes a soft tinkling sound in wind
- US
A wildflower with thin stems and bright red cup-shaped flowers that grows in California
- Specialized
A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is
How Tight
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wind meaning to wrap or coil comes from an old word meaning 'to turn', the same idea you see in winding road and rewind, so to wind a rope is to turn it around something.