rewinding

To rewind something is to go back and watch or listen to it again from the beginning. Sometimes people rewind their life, replaying the same events over and over again.

  • She rewound the tape and watched it again.

  • The rewinding button on the VCR was accidentally pushed.

Definition of rewinding

verb

To wind (something) again.

verb

To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape, CD, DVD etc.; to go back on a video or audio recording.

verb

To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse.

noun

The act or process by which something is rewound.

noun

A set of replacement coils on an electric motor or other device that uses wound wires to generate a magnetic field.

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