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wind off

/ˌwaɪnd ˈɒf/

wind off verb: to unwind, unspool, or unreel something.

Verb (1)

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

  1. (transitive) To unwind, unspool, or unreel something.
    • Wind me off about ten feet.

Verb (2)

IPA/ˌwɪnd ˈɒf/

wind off (third-person singular simple present winds off, present participle winding off, simple past and past participle winded off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cancel (an event) due to high wind speeds.
    • Our crane operations have been winded off for two weeks!

Forms of wind off

third-person singular presentwinds off
present participlewinding off
past participlewound off
pastwound off
past participlewinded off
pastwinded off

Questions about wind off

What does wind off mean?
Wind off means to unwind, unspool, or unreel something.
What part of speech is wind off?
Wind off is a verb.
How do you pronounce wind off?
Wind off is pronounced /ˌwaɪnd ˈɒf/.
What is the past tense of wind off?
The past tense of wind off is wound off.

Words near wind off in the dictionary

  1. wind mill
  2. wind mills
  3. wind moon
  4. wind moons
  5. wind of a ball
  6. wind off
  7. wind one's neck in
  8. wind pack
  9. wind park
  10. wind parks
  11. wind phone

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