winch
To use a winchTo use a winch
» I've never used a winch before.
Meaning
5 sensesTo use a winch
Winch in those sails, lad!
winden
поднима́ть с по́мощью лебёдкиpodnimátʹ s pómoščʹju lebjódki
pull or lift up with or as if with a winch
To wince; to shrink
To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
(Scotland, ambitransitive, colloquial)To court
(Scotland, ambitransitive, colloquial)To kiss, snog
Examples
3 sentencesI've never used a winch before.
I've never used a winch before. Could you show me how?
The five-and-a-half-meter-diameter balloon is tethered with a winch cable to an airport pickup truck.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English wynche, from Old English winċe, from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, ultimateFrom Middle English wynche, from Old English winċe, from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), whence also wink.
Variant form of wench.
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Forms
winches, winching, winched, winchedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle