Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense rewinds, present participle rewinding, past tense, past participle rewoundpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (riːwaɪnd). The noun is pronounced (riːwaɪnd).
1. verb
When the tape in a video or tape recorder rewinds or when you rewind it, the tape goes backwards so that you can play it again. Compare fast forward.
Waddington rewound the tape and played the message again. [VERB noun]
He switched the control to the answer-play mode and waited for the tape to rewind. [VERB]
2. uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun]
If you put a video or cassette tape on rewind, you make the tape go backwards. Compare fast forward.
Press the rewind button.
Press rewind or fast-forward.
rewind in British English
verb (riːˈwaɪnd)Word forms: -winds, -winding or -wound
1. (transitive)
to wind back, esp a film or tape onto the original reel
noun (ˈriːˌwaɪnd, riːˈwaɪnd)
2.
something rewound
3.
the act of rewinding
Derived forms
rewinder (reˈwinder)
noun
rewind in American English
(riˈwaɪnd; for n. ˈriˌwaɪnd)
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈwound or reˈwinding
1.
to wind again; specif., to wind (film or tape) back on the original reel
noun
2.
something rewound
3.
the act of rewinding
Examples of 'rewind' in a sentence
rewind
To understand how we got to this point, you have to rewind the clock more than 500 years.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
I'm sure there'll be lots of folk diving for the rewind button on the remote.
The Sun (2016)
You want to rewind and watch again.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They wanted to push the rewind button.
Christianity Today (2000)
If only there were a rewind button.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then they must rewind the video and run it again.
Andrews, Elizabeth Muscle Management (1991)
Clean the lip of the cassette and rewind by hand, still in darkness.
Freeman, Michael Photographers Handbook (1993)
You only have to rewind five years to see just how far Ireland has come.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Indeed, the entire exhibition feels as if it has pushed the rewind button on adulthood.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But there is a scene in the opening 50 minutes that my rewind button was invented for.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Let's just pause and rewind there.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This may sound wise, but you only need to rewind ten years to see that it is also naive.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Mars continues to rewind and brings back an opportunity you missed out on - only this time you are ready.
The Sun (2014)
It also allows viewers to pause and rewind live TV.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It records when we view, for how long, when we pause and rewind.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To understand the cultural significance of the contemporary pick-up artist properly, we need to rewind three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There's no option to record shows, and when listening live you can pause but not rewind.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Users can watch TV and films over the internet, pause and rewind live broadcasts and record shows.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
rewind
British English: rewind /riːˈwaɪnd/ VERB
When a recording on a tape, computer file, or disk rewinds, or when you rewind it, the recording goes backwards so that you can play it again.