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winding off

winding off is the present participle and gerund of wind off.

Meaning of wind off

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)

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!

Questions about winding off

What is winding off the present participle and gerund of?
Winding off is the present participle and gerund of wind off.

Words near winding off in the dictionary

  1. winding hole
  2. winding holes
  3. winding key
  4. winding number
  5. winding numbers
  6. winding off
  7. winding one's neck in
  8. winding sheet
  9. winding sheets
  10. winding tower
  11. winding towers

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