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REWIND (rewound)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rewind mean?
• REWIND (verb)
The verb REWIND has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: REWIND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they rewind ... he / she / it rewinds
Past simple: rewound
Past participle: rewound
-ing form: rewinding
Past simple: rewound
Past participle: rewound
-ing form: rewinding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wind (up) again
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the mechanical watch needs rewinding every day
Hypernyms (to "rewind" is one way to...):
wind; wind up (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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