Definition

1. Verb (past tense and past participle of ):
   • To wind again or back: "rewound" is the form used to describe the action of winding something (such as a tape, film, or thread) back to an earlier position, or winding it again after it has been unwound.
   • To reverse the direction of a mechanism: Specifically, to turn a spool or reel backward, as in rewinding a cassette tape or a film reel.

Usage Examples

• (She wound the tape back to its starting point.)
• (He wound the spring again to restore tension.)
• (He reversed the film reel to its starting position.)

Advanced Usage

• "to have rewound": Used in perfect tenses to indicate a completed action of winding back.
  • By the time I arrived, she had already rewound the recording. (She had finished reversing the tape before my arrival.)
• "rewound and replayed": Often used in contexts of reviewing audio or video material.
  • He rewound and replayed the conversation several times. (He reversed the recording and listened to it again repeatedly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rewind (verb): the base form, meaning to wind again or back.
  • Please rewind the tape when you are done. (Wind it back to the beginning.)
• Rewinder (noun): a device used for rewinding.
  • The old film projector had a manual rewinder. (A tool to wind film back onto its spool.)
• Rewindable (adjective): capable of being rewound.
  • This cassette is rewound easily. (The tape can be wound back without difficulty.)

Synonyms

• Wind back: to turn or coil something in the opposite direction.
• Reverse: to move backward, especially in a mechanical or recording context.
• Coil again: to form into a loop or spiral once more.

Related Idioms

• Rewind the clock: an idiomatic expression meaning to return to an earlier time or undo past events.
  • I wish I could rewind the clock and make a different choice. (I wish I could go back in time.)

Note: No phrasal verbs are commonly associated with "rewound" as a standalone form; however, the base verb "rewind" can be used with prepositions in phrases like "rewind to" (e.g., Rewind to the start of the scene).