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winch1 nounwinch2 verb winchwinch1 /wɪntʃ/ noun [countable] winch1Origin: Old English wince - Clayt slipped on insulated gloves and leaned over and grabbed a blue flag and looped its rope to a winch.
- Hanging from hooks on the wall were sets of wire-pulling devices, complete with chain winch and gripper.
- He folded up sideways against the winch, and immediately tried to get up again.
- I am intrigued by the capstan winches fitted to the Range Rovers on the Darien Gap crossing.
- The winch man was running out the cable, allowing the barrage balloon to rise.
- The only winches which will fit are either electrically or hydraulically powered.
- This is not critical because at this point the winch driver is adjusting the power.
- This may cause an abnormally slow launch and the winch driver, seeing the other parachute, may cut the power.
► Mechanicalball bearing, nounbelt, nouncog, nouncombustion chamber, nounconveyor belt, nouncoolant, nouncooling system, nouncrank, verbdifferential, noundisengage, verbdismantle, verbdrive, nounfour-stroke engine, nounfuel cell, nounfulcrum, noungear, nounheat pump, nounhydraulic, adjectiveinertia, nounmechanical, adjectivemechanical engineering, nounmill, nounmillstone, nounmillwheel, nounmomentum, nounmotive, adjectiveneutral, nounnuclear reactor, nounoil pan, nounpivot, nounpropulsion, nounpulley, nounpump, nounrace, verbratchet, nounreactor, nounregulate, verbretract, verbrev, verbrev, nounrotor, nounselector, nounstarter motor, nounstress, nounstressed, adjectivestrip, verbsump, nounsupercharged, adjectivetemplate, nountop gear, nountorque, nountwo-stroke, adjectiveuniversal joint, nounvalve, nounwheel, nounwinch, nounwindlass, noun a machine with a rope or chain for lifting heavy objectswinch1 nounwinch2 verb winchwinch2 verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] VERB TABLEwinch |
Present | I, you, we, they | winch | | he, she, it | winches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | winched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have winched | | he, she, it | has winched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had winched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will winch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have winched |
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Present | I | am winching | | he, she, it | is winching | | you, we, they | are winching | Past | I, he, she, it | was winching | | you, we, they | were winching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been winching | | he, she, it | has been winching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been winching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be winching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been winching |
- He winched in hard and let go the lashings round the rolled bedsheets.
- Pottz drove for the peak and was winched irresistibly upwards.
- Some ten minutes later, a breathless Challenger stood by my side as the bell was winched aboard.
- The State winched him out of the professorial chair when the ecclesiastical authority was lukewarm.
- They could let down extra wires to hold the branch and winch it up when it was cut free.
- Two crew members of the Glenmore were winched to safety by helicopter shortly before their vessel went down.
- When canal boats are taken out of the water for repairs they are winched sideways up a slipway.
to lift something or someone up using a winch: The two men were winched out of the sinking boat by an RAF helicopter. |