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winds off

winds off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 winds off

What is winds off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Winds off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wind off.

Words near winds off in the dictionary

  1. winds around one's little finger
  2. winds back
  3. winds back the clock
  4. winds down
  5. winds of change
  6. winds off
  7. winds one's neck in
  8. winds up
  9. winds up one's bottoms
  10. windsail
  11. windsails

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