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wind back

/waɪnd ˈbæk/

wind back verb: to wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.

Verb

wind back (third-person singular simple present winds back, present participle winding back, simple past and past participle wound back)

  1. (transitive) To wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.

Forms of wind back

third-person singular presentwinds back
present participlewinding back
past participlewound back
pastwound back

Words formed from wind back

Questions about wind back

What does wind back mean?
Wind back means to wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.
What part of speech is wind back?
Wind back is a verb.
How do you pronounce wind back?
Wind back is pronounced /waɪnd ˈbæk/.
What is the past tense of wind back?
The past tense of wind back is wound back.

Words near wind back in the dictionary

  1. wincyette
  2. wincyettes
  3. wind
  4. wind around one's little finger
  5. wind at one's back
  6. wind back
  7. wind back the clock
  8. wind band
  9. wind bands
  10. wind blocker
  11. wind blockers

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