wind
Base form
wind
/waɪnd/
Past simple
wound
/waʊnd/
Past participle
wound
/waʊnd/
MeaningB2
to turn something round and round
to wind up an old clock
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Wind the cable round your hand so it doesn’t get tangled.
- Question · Form 1Did you remember to wind the old clock in the hall?
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday we followed a path that wound up the hill.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night Ben wound his scarf twice round his neck.
- Present perfect · Form 3Someone has wound the wool into a neat ball.
- Past perfect · Form 3Grandad had wound the clock before he went to bed.
Watch out
Wound /waʊnd/ rhymes with found and is spelt like the injury wound /wuːnd/: never waund or windid. Winded belongs to the other wind: out of breath.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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