to windle
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9.9
- verb
- UK
- I need to windle the wire around the spool to keep it tidy.
Examples
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Now if you also know how to sew and you can fill in these bobbins, like wind the bobbins with thread, that's even better.
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She carefully winded the ribbon in a spiral around the gift box.
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To prepare for the project, he had to winkle the yarn into neat coils.
Synonyms
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1.7
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
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1.1
To form into a curved or spiral shape
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3.8
To wind something into loops or move in a spiral
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3.2
To wrap something around another thing in a coil
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4.1
To twist threads together or wind them around something
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6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
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7.5
To move in slow twisting ways like smoke or vines
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8.4
Twist or coil together into a tight, tangled mass
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6.4
To twist something so it wraps around another thing and gets stuck
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7.4
To twist fibers into yarn or to shape wood into thin, round pieces
To wind or twist inward in a spiral like a snail's shell
To twist or coil together into a spiral shape
To wrap something by turning it around another object
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word windle as a verb is linked to wind 'to twist' and means to turn or coil something onto itself. So to windle is to wind or twist thread, rope, or wire into a neat spiral or bundle.