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underwinding

underwinding is the present participle and gerund of underwind.

Meaning of underwind

Verb

underwind (third-person singular simple present underwinds, present participle underwinding, simple past and past participle underwound)

  1. (transitive) To wind (tighten a spring of) something inadequately; to wind too loosely.

Questions about underwinding

What is underwinding the present participle and gerund of?
Underwinding is the present participle and gerund of underwind.

Words near underwinding in the dictionary

  1. underwhip
  2. underwhipped
  3. underwhipping
  4. underwhips
  5. underwind
  6. underwinding
  7. underwinds
  8. underwing
  9. underwings
  10. underwire
  11. underwired

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwinding (page history and authors); underwind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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