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prewind

prewind verb: to wind in advance.

Verb

prewind (third-person singular simple present prewinds, present participle prewinding, simple past and past participle prewound)

  1. (transitive) To wind in advance.
    • The wire was prewound around the spools.

Forms of prewind

third-person singular presentprewinds
present participleprewinding
past participleprewound
pastprewound

Origin of prewind

From pre- + wind.

Questions about prewind

What does prewind mean?
Prewind means to wind in advance.
What part of speech is prewind?
Prewind is a verb.
What is the past tense of prewind?
The past tense of prewind is prewound.

Words near prewind in the dictionary

  1. prewhiten
  2. prewhitened
  3. prewhitening
  4. prewhitens
  5. prewillingness
  6. prewind
  7. prewinding
  8. prewinds
  9. prewinter
  10. prewire
  11. prewired

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