wind
/waɪnd/ verb B2- To turn coils (of a cord or something similar) around something. · to wind thread on a spool or into a ball
- To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism. · Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.
- To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
- To travel or follow a path with numerous curves. · Vines wind round a pole. The river winds through the plain.
- To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter at will; to regulate; to govern.
- To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
- To cover or surround with something coiled about. · to wind a rope with twine
- To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist as by a winch.
He/she/it winds · Past wound · Past participle wound · -ing form winding
Verb forms
- Base form
- wind
- He/she/it
- winds
- Past
- wound
- Past participle
- wound
- -ing form
- winding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished.
They waited in the hope of seeing it enter the harbor, but as the object on which they looked was driven nearer to shore by the wind, they found that it could at the most be a small boat, and not a ship.
A BULL was bitten by a Mouse and, angered by the wound, tried to capture him.
A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream.
Other matches
- wind Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air u... A1
- wind To blow air through a wind instrument or horn t... C2
- wind The act of winding or turning C2
- wind back To wind
- wind down To lower by winding, as with a crank or windlass.
- wind off To unwind, unspool, or unreel something.
- wind off To cancel
- wind up To wind
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