to windle
- verb
- UK
:
enrollar
- 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
231
1.7
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
225
3.2
To wrap something around another thing in a coil
173
1.1
To form into a curved or spiral shape
7
3.8
To wind something into loops or move in a spiral
2
6.8
To move in a twisting spiral path
1
8.4
Twist or coil together into a tight, tangled mass
1
4.1
To twist threads together or wind them around something
1
7.4
To twist fibers into yarn or to shape wood into thin, round pieces
1
6.4
To twist something so it wraps around another thing and gets stuck
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
To move in slow twisting ways like smoke or vines
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.