rewind

[ verb ree-wahynd; noun ree-wahynd ]
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verb (used with or without object),re·wound or (Rare) re·wind·ed; re·wind·ing.
  1. to wind again.

  2. to wind back to or toward the beginning; reverse.

noun
  1. an act or instance of rewinding.

  2. Recording.

    • a function of an audio or video recorder or player, as a cassette deck or DVR, that returns the audio or video incrementally to an earlier point.

    • the button or other control that activates this reversing function.

  1. a camera control or mechanism used to wind film back into a film cassette.

Origin of rewind

1
First recorded in 1710–20; re- + wind2

Other words from rewind

  • re·wind·er, noun

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How to use rewind in a sentence

  • When it was written, Ursula unwound the gray ball to a considerable depth, pinned the note on it, and rewound the yarn over it.

    The Golden Road | Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for rewind

rewind

verb(riːˈwaɪnd) -winds, -winding or -wound
  1. (tr) to wind back, esp a film or tape onto the original reel

noun(ˈriːˌwaɪnd, riːˈwaɪnd)
  1. something rewound

  2. the act of rewinding

Derived forms of rewind

  • rewinder, noun

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