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REWIND (rewound)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected form: rewound  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rewind mean? 

REWIND (verb)
  The verb REWIND has 1 sense:

1. wind (up) againplay

  Familiarity information: REWIND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REWIND (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they rewind  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it rewinds  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: rewound  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: rewound  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: rewinding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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