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rewind
rewind
English
Verb
rewind (third-person singular simple present rewinds, present participle rewinding, simple past and past participle rewound)
- (transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) again.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 535:
- A Myrish crossbowman poked his head out a different window, got off a bolt, and ducked down to rewind.
- 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 535:
- (transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape; to go back on a video or audio recording.
Translations
to wind again
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wind back — see wind back
Noun
rewind (plural rewinds)
- The act of rewinding.
- A button or other mechanism for rewinding.
- I meant to pause the picture, but hit the rewind by mistake.