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re⋅wind

  [v. ree-wahynd; n. ree-wahynd] verb, -wound or (Rare) -wind⋅ed; -wind⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to wind again.
2. to wind back to or toward the beginning; reverse.
–noun
3. an act or instance of rewinding.
4. a function of a tape recorder or tape deck that causes the tape to wind backward.
5. a push button or other control for reversing or reeling, as on a tape player.
6. a camera control or mechanism used to wind film back into a film cassette.
Origin:
1710–20; re- + wind 2

Related forms:
re⋅wind⋅er, noun
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re·wind   (rē-wīnd')   
tr.v.   re·wound (-wound'), re·wind·ing, re·winds

  1. To wind again or anew.

  2. To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film).

n.   (rē'wīnd', rē-wīnd')

  1. The act or process of rewinding.

  2. Something that rewinds or is rewound.

  3. A control mechanism for rewinding (tape or film).

re·wind'er n.
re·wound   (rē-wound')   
v.  Past tense and past participle of rewind.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

rewind  (v.)
1717, from re- "back, again" + wind (v.). Noun meaning "mechanism for rewinding film or tape" is recorded from 1938.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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