rewind.
To wind (something) again.
Meaning & usage
To wind (something) again.
To wind back, of something clocklike or recordlike, like a cassette, tape, film; especially to then replay or relive.
Let's rewind the clock to an earlier time.
Rewind the tape to the first chapter.
To regress the state of playback of a recording.
I've rewound the audiobook to the start of the chapter.
This video player can rewind smoothly.
To go back or think back to a previous moment or place, or a previous point in a discourse.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle English wynden English wind English rewind From re- + wind.
The act of rewinding.
A button or other mechanism for rewinding.
I meant to pause the picture, but hit the rewind by mistake.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Middle English wynden English wind English rewind From re- + wind.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.