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underwinds

underwinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 underwinds

What is underwinds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underwinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underwind.

Words near underwinds in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underwinds (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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