v
(photography, transitive) To wind on (the film in a camera) automatically.
v
(transitive) To wind (a thing) about; involve; envelop (with).
adv
(idiomatic) in a bizarre or eccentric manner
v
(UK dialect) To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.
v
(transitive) to coil or shrivel, make into a coil
v
(intransitive) To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
v
(transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
v
(transitive) To wind about (something); to encircle.
v
Alternative form of tilt at windmills [(intransitive) To attack imaginary enemies.]
v
(idiomatic, Britain) To become frightened or disturbed.
v
(dated, idiomatic, intransitive) To be divulged; to become public.
v
(idiomatic) To follow the direction of the wind.
v
(idiomatic, Britain) To be frightened or disturbed.
v
(transitive) To strew about; scatter in or upon; spread.
v
To wind around; to intertwine.
v
(transitive) To secure with ropes; to tie down
v
(transitive) To spin out; finish; exhaust.
v
To extricate by winding; to unloose.
v
(poetic, transitive) To wring out.
v
(transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively.
v
(idiomatic, transitive, Britain) To frighten or disturb.
n
A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
v
(chiefly UK) To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure if performed improperly.
v
(of a car window, rolling door, or rolling security barrier) Synonym of wind down
v
(transitive) To rot so as to create holes in the substance that's rotting.
v
(intransitive) To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.
n
The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular direction.
v
(transitive) To bend or shape through use of a swage.
v
(intransitive) To attack imaginary enemies.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To whirl around; revolve.
n
The condition of being so pulled.
v
(idiomatic) To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.
v
(transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something inadequately; to wind too loosely.
v
(transitive) To raise upward with a whirling motion.
v
(transitive, archaic) To wind up (a mechanism).
v
(transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
v
(transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.
v
To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
v
(transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
v
(transitive) To wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.
v
(transitive, of an object that can be raised or lowered) To lower by winding, as with a crank or windlass.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To cancel (an event) due to high wind speeds.
v
(transitive, figurative extension) To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.
v
(idiomatic, obsolete) To finish a job.
v
(transitive) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
n
A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
n
(UK, colloquial) One who enjoys winding others up in the sense of making fun of them or playing practical jokes.
n
The process of winding something down.
n
(slang) A blow that winds somebody, or takes away their breath.
n
The situation where a company is wound up (goes into liquidation), or when a partnership is dissolved.
n
(Britain) A practical joke or tease.
v
(transitive, literary) To blow upon or toss about by blowing; to set in motion as with a fan or wings.
v
(transitive) To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath.
v
To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
v
(aviation) To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
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