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verb/waɪnd/
/waɪnd/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they wind | /waɪnd/ /waɪnd/ |
| he / she / it winds | /waɪndz/ /waɪndz/ |
| past simple wound | /waʊnd/ /waʊnd/ |
| past participle wound | /waʊnd/ /waʊnd/ |
| -ing form winding | /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of a road, river, etc.) to have many bends and twists
- wind + adv./prep. The path wound down to the beach.
- A wooden staircase winds up to the attic.
- The king's funeral procession wound slowly through city.
- wind its way + adv./prep. The river winds its way between two meadows.
- [transitive] wind something + adv./prep. to wrap or twist something around itself or something else
- He wound the wool into a ball.
- Wind the bandage around your finger.
- He wound the bandage tightly around his ankle.
- They wind individual strands of fibre together to make home-made rope.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- tight
- tightly
- carefully
- …
- around
- round
- into
- …
- [transitive, intransitive] to operate a tape, film, etc. so that it moves nearer to its ending or starting position
- wind something forward/back He wound the tape back to the beginning.
- wind forward/back Wind forward to the bit where they discover the body.
- wind something (on) With these cameras, after you click the shutter, you have to wind the film on.
- [transitive, intransitive] to make a clock or machine work by turning a knob, handle, etc. several times; to be able to be made to work in this way
- wind something (up) He had forgotten to wind his watch.
- wind up It was one of those old-fashioned gramophones that winds up.
- [transitive] wind something to turn a handle several times
- You operate the trapdoor by winding this handle.
Word OriginOld English windan ‘go rapidly’, ‘twine’, of Germanic origin; related to wander and wend.
Idioms
See wind in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee wind in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishwind/twist/wrap somebody around your little finger
- (informal) to persuade somebody to do anything that you want
- She has always been able to wind her parents around her little finger.
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