wind
/wɑɪnd/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle wound /wɑʊnd/) (TWIST)Definition
› to twist something around something else or turn something in a circle: [T] She wound the string around the spool. › To wind a mechanical device is to cause it to work by turning a key or handle.
(Definition of wind v (TWIST) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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