To put (thread, tape, or the like) in coils or convolutions around something, as a reel, or upon itself (either by passing the thread, etc. round…

To twist or coil (a pliable or flexible substance, etc.) round, about, or on something; to twine. Also reflexive.

transitive. = sense 31a.

transitive. With about, around, round. To wind or twist (something) around a person or thing; to surround or encircle a person or thing with…

To wind, coil, or roll up (something).

To wind or coil (a thread or the like) on or round something; to attach in this way; to encircle (an object) with or as with a thread, etc.; to…

To cause (one thing) to encircle or embrace another; to twist, wreathe, clasp, or wrap (a thing) about or around another; also, to insert (one thing)…

transitive. To roll or curl round. Also figurative.

transitive. To wind (as a skein of thread); figurative in quots. Cf. bottom, n. 24. Obsolete.

transitive. To move or wind (something flexible) into a more or less cylindrical or spherical shape; to turn in on itself; to coil, curl, or fold up…

transitive. To throw (something) in a heap upon something else; to turn or wind (something) around something else. Obsolete.