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wind verb1. , (now dial. & non-standard) winded.
[Old English windan = Old Frisian winda, Old Saxon windan (Dutch, German winden), Old Norse vinda, Gothic -windan, from Germanic base rel. to WANDER verb, WEND verb1.]
a. verb intrans. Of a thing: move quickly or forcefully, run, fly; gen. pass. Freq. with adverbs. OE-LME.
b. verb intrans. & refl. Of a person or animal: proceed, go. Long obsolete exc. Scot. OE.
verb trans. Wield (a weapon or implement). Long obsolete exc. dial. OE.
b. Haul, hoist, lift. LME-L17.
verb intrans. Turn this way and that; writhe, wriggle. obsolete exc. dial. OE.
verb trans. Form or construct by twining or plaiting, plait; twine or weave together, intertwine. Formerly spec., make or repair (a wall) with windings or rods. Long obsolete exc. Scot. OE.
a. verb trans. Put into a curved or twisted form, bend, twist; wring. OE-E17.
b. verb intrans. Take or have a bent form; be twisted. Now dial. & techn. LME.
a. verb intrans. & (arch.) refl. Move along in a sinuous, curving, or meandering course; go or travel on a road etc. which turns this way and that. Freq. with adverbs. ME.
T. Gray The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. J. Clare Glad I wind me down the lane. L. Grant-Adamson He wound through the..pedestrians, kept his eyes on his route.
b. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) move in a curve; turn. arch. LME.
J. Dyer Or where the Lune or Coker wind their streams.
c. verb intrans. Of a road, course, etc.: have a sinuous, curving, or meandering course; turn this way and that. Formerly also (of an object), have a curved or sinuous form. Freq. with adverbs. M16.
J. Buchan A white ribbon of road..wound up the narrow vale. O. Manning There were queues winding out from the platform barriers.
d. verb trans. Make (one's way) in a sinuous, curving, or meandering course; arch. traverse in a sinuous etc. course. M17.
E. Blair The procession slowly wound its way to the cemetery.
a. verb trans. Turn or pass (a thing) around a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold; wrap (closely) about or around; put (wool, thread, etc.) in coils around a thing or itself so as to form a compact mass or ball; arrange in coils. ME.
C. Morgan Barbet wound the scarf round his neck. C. Brayfield He wound an arm around her waist. A. S. Byatt The pale, pale hair in fine braids was wound round her head.
b. verb intrans. Turn so as to encircle or enfold a thing or person; be or become twisted or coiled; (of a plant or animal) twist or coil itself. Freq. foll. by about, around. L16.
Birder's World Large vines that wound round every tree.
verb trans. Encircle or enfold (as) with coils; bind round with tape, wire, etc. ME.
D. Johnson Wound round with a few turns of fine silk.
b. spec. Wrap (a corpse) in a shroud or winding-sheet, shroud. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
verb trans. Haul, hoist, or draw with a winch, windlass, etc. ME.
verb trans. & intrans. Draw or pull out with a twisting movement. LME-E17.
a. verb trans. Turn or deflect in a certain direction; esp. direct or lead (a person) according to one's will. Now rare. LME.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Draw out, extricate or disentangle (a thing or person, oneself). Long rare or obsolete. LME.
c. verb trans. & intrans. Draw or move in or into by alluring or enticing; insinuate (a thing, oneself) in or into. M16.
d. verb trans. Circulate, put in circulation, (money or merchandise). Chiefly in turn and wind. L16-L17.
verb intrans. & trans. (refl. & with it). Pursue a devious or circuitous course in behaviour, argument, or thought. (Foll. by about, through.) arch. LME.
Nautical.
a. verb intrans. Of a ship: turn or lie in a particular direction; swing round when at anchor. E17.
b. verb trans. Turn (a ship) about or in a particular direction. E17.
verb trans.
a. Tighten (a string of a musical instrument) so as to tune; turn (a tuning-peg) in tuning. Also foll. by up. Only in 17.
b. Make (a watch, clock, etc.) operate by turning a key etc. to tighten a coiled or coiling spring. Usu. foll. by up. E17.
R. Shaw He glanced at his watchhe had forgotten to wind it: it had stopped.
c. fig. Work up or intensify to a certain pitch. Now usu. foll. by up. E17.
verb trans. & intrans. Direct or turn (a horse) to the left. Scot. M18.
With adverbs in specialized senses, & phrases: wind down (a) draw gradually to a close; (b) become relaxed, unwind, (lit. & fig.); (c) let down with a winch etc., spec. lower (a window of a motor vehicle) by rotating a handle. wind off unwind (string, wool, etc.). wind on Photography turn (the film in a camera) to the next position in readiness for taking another photograph (cf. wind-on below). wind round one's finger, wind round one's little finger: see FINGER noun. wind up (a) draw up or hoist with a winch etc., spec. raise (a window of a motor vehicle) by rotating a handle; (b) bind or wrap up; fig. involve, implicate; (c) roll or fold up, furl; (d) coil (the whole of a piece of string etc.) into a compact mass or ball; (e) bring to a close, form the conclusion of, end; Commerce arrange the affairs of and dissolve (a company or business); (f) come to a close; Commerce (of a company etc.) cease business and go into liquidation; (g) colloq. end up in a specified state, place, or circumstance, find oneself eventually; (h) colloq. deliberately provoke, esp. by misleading or hoaxing; tease, annoy, trick; (see also senses 14a, b, c above, & cf. WIND-UP noun1 & adjective).
Comb.: wind-down colloq. a gradual lessening of excitement or reduction of activity (cf. WIND-UP noun1 & adjective); wind-on adjective & noun (Photography) (a) adjective designating or pertaining to the mechanism for advancing a film to the next position; (b) noun the function performed by this mechanism;
windster noun (now rare or obsolete) a person (orig. a woman) engaged in winding silk etc. LME.