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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
To go to the one side or the other; to move this way and that; to double on one's course; as, a hare pursued turns and winds.
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
To wind a boat is to turn the boat around.
extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
form into a wreath
To coil (a spring).
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