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Definition of wind 2 verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wind2

verb
 
/waɪnd/
 
/waɪnd/
Verb Forms
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/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [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.
    see also windingTopics Transport by car or lorryb2
  2. [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
    preposition
    • around
    • round
    • into
    See full entry
  3. [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.
  4. [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.
    see also wind-up
  5. [transitive] wind something to turn a handle several times
    • You operate the trapdoor by winding this handle.
  6. Word OriginOld English windan ‘go rapidly’, ‘twine’, of Germanic origin; related to wander and wend.
Idioms
wind/twist/wrap somebody around your little finger
  1. (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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