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inwound

inwound adjective: enwound.

Adjective

inwound (comparative more inwound, superlative most inwound)

  1. enwound
    • I decided to make my permanent residence in the East, and my wife and daughters whose affections were so deeply inwound with the Midland, loyally consented to follow, although it was a sad surrender for them.1921, Hamlin Garland, A Daughter of the Middle Border
    • Round the border hemmed with high deep hedges round Go the children, peering over or between Where the dense bright oval wall of box inwound, Reared about the roses fast within it bound, Gives them grace to glance at glories else unseen.1917, Algernon Charles Swinburne, A Channel Passage and Other Poems

Forms of inwound

comparativemore inwound
superlativemost inwound

Questions about inwound

What does inwound mean?
Inwound means enwound.
What part of speech is inwound?
Inwound is an adjective.

Words near inwound in the dictionary

  1. inworkings
  2. inworks
  3. inworld
  4. inworn
  5. Inworth
  6. inwound
  7. inwove
  8. inwoven
  9. inwrap
  10. inwrapment
  11. inwrapments

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