rewind

[ verb ree-wahynd; noun ree-wahynd ]

verb (used with or without object)

, re·wound or (Rare) re·wind·ed; re·wind·ing.

1. to wind again.
2. to wind back to or toward the beginning; reverse.

noun

1. an act or instance of rewinding.
2. Recording.
   1. a function of an audio or video recorder or player, as a cassette deck or DVR, that returns the audio or video incrementally to an earlier point.
   2. the button or other control that activates this reversing function.
3. a camera control or mechanism used to wind film back into a film cassette.

rewind

verb

1. tr to wind back, esp a film or tape onto the original reel

noun

1. something rewound
2. the act of rewinding

Derived Forms

• reˈwinder, noun

Other Words From

• re·winder noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rewind¹

First recorded in 1710–20; re- + wind ²

Example Sentences

Other great features include an automatic cord rewind that quickly retracts 26 feet of cord with the push of a button.

From Popular-Science

Also, with no automatic rewind feature, the cord must wrap around the bottom of the canister, which makes for awkward usage and storage.

From Popular-Science

One fast-forwards ten seconds, and the other rewinds three seconds.

From Popular-Science

Then I hit rewind over an ad break and had to watch the same ads again.

From Digiday

Every app we’ve tried on Roku devices supports the 10-second rewind, though not every channel supports captions at the same time.

From Popular-Science

“I wish I could rewind that moment at that time,” says Jackson.

From The Daily Beast

Was it her deep regret and her wish to “to go back and rewind the tape”?

From The Daily Beast

There is a sense of rewind, like you were a kid and you want your parents to see your work, to get their appreciation.

From The Daily Beast

To understand why, rewind the clock about two and a half years.

From The Daily Beast

In an ongoing and occasional series, Rewind will look back at a television show or film that has proven to resonate.

From The Daily Beast

He rubbed the back of his head, looked at the viewsphere, then checked the playback index and tapped the rewind.

From Project Gutenberg

The rewind order starts a unit rewinding and does not tie up the TC.

From Project Gutenberg

Rewinding is accomplished by giving the rewind order, move tape to load point, MLP.

From Project Gutenberg

Before the carrier is stopped its action is such as to automatically rewind its spring.

From Project Gutenberg

At this instant slacken the cord so that the disk may continue turning, and rewind the string.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• back up
• reverse
• undo