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autowind

autowind verb: to wind on (the film in a camera) automatically.

Verb

autowind (third-person singular simple present autowinds, present participle autowinding, simple past and past participle autowound)

  1. (transitive) To wind on (the film in a camera) automatically.

Forms of autowind

third-person singular presentautowinds
present participleautowinding
past participleautowound
pastautowound

Origin of autowind

From auto- + wind.

Questions about autowind

What does autowind mean?
Autowind means to wind on (the film in a camera) automatically.
What part of speech is autowind?
Autowind is a verb.
What is the past tense of autowind?
The past tense of autowind is autowound.

Words near autowind in the dictionary

  1. autowalks
  2. autowallah
  3. autowallahs
  4. autowave
  5. autowaves
  6. autowind
  7. autowinder
  8. autowinders
  9. autowinding
  10. autowinds
  11. autowire

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