verb
rewind
ree-WYND
verb
1
To wind something back to an earlier point, especially a tape, film, or recording, often in order to replay part of it.
"She rewound the cassette to listen to the chorus again."
"Can you rewind the movie? I missed what he said."
2
To mentally go back to an earlier moment or point in a conversation.
"Let me rewind a second — what did you mean by that?"
noun
1
The act of rewinding, or the button that does it.
"He hit rewind three times trying to catch the exact line."
How to Use Rewind
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo play something backwards to an earlier point, or to mentally revisit something already said or done.
Common pairings
rewind the tape
rewind button
rewind a scene
Word Forms
rewound past tense, rewinds plural, rewinds singular
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Etymology
Built from re- ("again") plus wind, going back to Old English windan.