2. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape; to go back on a video or audio recording. ¹
3. Noun. The act of rewinding. ¹
4. Noun. A button or other mechanism for rewinding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rewind
1. wind [v -WOUND or -WINDED, -WINDING, -WINDS] - See also: wind
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rewind
Literary usage of Rewind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart.: Delivered by Robert Peel (1853)
"I rejoice in the cheer which I rewind from that quarter [looking to the protection
benches]; what is it but an assent— apparently a unanimous assent — ["No! ..."
2. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"Details rewind returns 0 if the operation was successful, ... After a call to
rewind, a call to FETCH reads the first observation in the data set. ..."
3. Motion Picture Making and Exhibiting: A Comprehensive Volume Treating the by John B. Rathbun (1914)
"After the film has been projected, and is completely wound on the take-up reel,
it is necessary to rewind it on the feed reel so that the pictures will ..."
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