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bewind

/bəˈwaɪnd/

bewind verb: to wind (a thing) about; involve; envelop (with).

Verb

bewind (third-person singular simple present bewinds, present participle bewinding, simple past and past participle bewound)

  1. (transitive) To wind (a thing) about; involve; envelop (with).
  2. (transitive) To wind or twine oneself round.

Forms of bewind

third-person singular presentbewinds
present participlebewinding
past participlebewound
pastbewound

Origin of bewind

From Middle English bewinden, biwinden, from Old English bewindan (“to wind round, clasp, entwine, envelop, encircle, surround, brandish (a sword), turn, wind, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *biwindaną (“to wind round”), equivalent to be- + wind. Cognate with Middle Low German bewinden (“to entwine, wrap”), German bewinden (“intertwine, wind around”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (biwindan, “to entwine, wrap”).

Questions about bewind

What does bewind mean?
Bewind means to wind (a thing) about; involve; envelop (with).
What part of speech is bewind?
Bewind is a verb.
How do you pronounce bewind?
Bewind is pronounced /bəˈwaɪnd/.
What is the past tense of bewind?
The past tense of bewind is bewound.

Words near bewind in the dictionary

  1. bewimple
  2. bewimpled
  3. bewimples
  4. bewimpling
  5. bewin
  6. bewind
  7. bewing
  8. bewinged
  9. bewinging
  10. bewings
  11. bewinning

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