winch

a hoisting machine: They used a winch to hoist the wrecked cars onto the crusher.
Not to be confused with:wench – peasant girl; female servant; wanton woman: a saucy little wenchwrench – a tool with jaws for gripping, turning, or twisting an object: Sometimes I have to use a wrench to open jars.

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W0166800 (wĭnch)n.1. A stationary motorized or hand-powered machine used for hoisting or hauling, having a drum around which is wound a rope, cable, or chain attached to the load being moved.2. The crank used to give motion to a grindstone or similar device.tr.v. winched, winch·ing, winch·es To move with or as if with a winch.

[Middle English winche, pulley, from Old English wince, reel, roller.]

winch′er n.

winch

(wɪntʃ) n1. (Mechanical Engineering) a windlass driven by a hand- or power-operated crank2. (Mechanical Engineering) a hand- or power-operated crank by which a machine is drivenvb (Mechanical Engineering) (tr; often foll by up or in) to pull (in a rope) or lift (a weight) using a winch[Old English wince pulley; related to wink¹] ˈwincher n

winch

(wɪntʃ) vb (intr) an obsolete word for wince¹

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n. 1. the crank or handle of a revolving machine. 2. a windlass turned by a crank, for hoisting or hauling. 3. any of various devices for cranking. v.t. 4. to hoist or haul (a load) by means of a winch. [before 1050; Middle English winche, Old English wince pulley; akin to wench, wince, wink¹] winch′er, n.

winch

A hoisting machine used for loading and discharging cargo and stores or for hauling in lines. See also stores.

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Past participle: winched
Gerund: winching

Imperative
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winch

Present
I winch
you winch
he/she/it winches
we winch
you winch
they winch

Preterite
I winched
you winched
he/she/it winched
we winched
you winched
they winched

Present Continuous
I am winching
you are winching
he/she/it is winching
we are winching
you are winching
they are winching

Present Perfect
I have winched
you have winched
he/she/it has winched
we have winched
you have winched
they have winched

Past Continuous
I was winching
you were winching
he/she/it was winching
we were winching
you were winching
they were winching

Past Perfect
I had winched
you had winched
he/she/it had winched
we had winched
you had winched
they had winched

Future
I will winch
you will winch
he/she/it will winch
we will winch
you will winch
they will winch

Future Perfect
I will have winched
you will have winched
he/she/it will have winched
we will have winched
you will have winched
they will have winched

Future Continuous
I will be winching
you will be winching
he/she/it will be winching
we will be winching
you will be winching
they will be winching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been winching
you have been winching
he/she/it has been winching
we have been winching
you have been winching
they have been winching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been winching
you will have been winching
he/she/it will have been winching
we will have been winching
you will have been winching
they will have been winching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been winching
you had been winching
he/she/it had been winching
we had been winching
you had been winching
they had been winching

Conditional
I would winch
you would winch
he/she/it would winch
we would winch
you would winch
they would winch

Past Conditional
I would have winched
you would have winched
he/she/it would have winched
we would have winched
you would have winched
they would have winched

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	winch - lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope windswindlasscapstan - a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sailslifting device - a device for lifting heavy loadsship - a vessel that carries passengers or freightyard donkey, yarder - a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
Verb	1.	winch - pull or lift up with or as if with a winch; "winch up the slack line"draw, pull, force - cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

Translations

用绞车吊拉绞车

winch

(wintʃ) noun a type of powerful machine for hoisting or hauling heavy loads. 绞车 verb to hoist (up) or haul (in) using a winch. 用绞车吊拉

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mechanical device for hauling or lifting consisting essentially of a movable drum around which a cable is wound so that rotation of the drum produces a drawing force at the end of the cable. A windlass is essentially the same device as a winch, except that a winch may be power-driven whereas a windlass is usually hand-powered and somewhat less sophisticated. Winches are normally equipped with a ratchet wheel and a pawl to prevent slippage of the load, and brakes that allow a load to be lowered or released at a controlled rate. A hoist is another closely related device, mounted so as to be movable (as in a traveling crane). Winches and hoists are widely used in cargo handling, e.g., in ships, factories, and warehouses, and also function as the power unit in derricks, power cranes, and power shovels. A car puller is a winch with a vertical drum axis, used to position railroad cars in freight yards. Certain military and construction vehicles designed for off-road use are equipped with engine-powered winches that can be used for lifting and hauling or to extricate the vehicle should it become stuck in areas where traction is poor.

Winch

(also hoist or windlass), a machine for moving loads by means of a flexible element (a cable or chain). Tractive force is transmitted to the flexible element from a drum or sprocket driven by connecting mechanisms.

Winches are divided into stationary and mobile types, with manual and machine drives (electric motors, internal-combustion engines, and less frequently steam, hydraulic, or pneumatic power units). The connecting mechanisms may consist of gear or worm-gear trains (usually in reduction gears), friction or belt drives, and combinations of them. A drum hoist operates on the principle of a simple winch but differs in that it has connecting mechanisms. In chain hoists the tractive force is applied to a chain by a rotating sprocket. Lever winches are also used. When the drive lever is rocked back and forth, the cable is alternately gripped by two clamps and forced through the traction (lever) mechanism. The tractive force (load-carrying capacity) of the winches regulated by GOST (All-Union State Standard) ranges from 2.5 to 200 kilonewtons (0.25 to 20 tons).

Winches are used as independent machines to perform loading-unloading, construction, assembly, repair, and warehousing operations; they are also used to shunt rolling stock, to skid timber, to stack wood, and to berth vessels and raise anchors (capstans and windlasses), and also as a part of excavating and road machines, cranes, pile drivers, cableways, draglines, and drilling rigs.

REFERENCES

Sredstva maloi mekhanizatsii dlia pogruzochno-razgruzochnykh i transportnykh rabot. Compiled by M. A. Preobrazhenskii. Moscow, 1959.
Bazanov, A. F. Pod”emno-transportnye mashiny. Moscow, 1969.

E. M. STARIKOV

winch

[winch] (mechanical engineering) A machine having a drum on which to coil a rope, cable, or chain for hauling, pulling, or hoisting.

winch

A machine for pulling or lifting heavy weights. It has a rotating drum around which a pulling line or rope is turned; a hoist, 2.

winch

1. a windlass driven by a hand- or power-operated crank 2. a hand- or power-operated crank by which a machine is driven

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Synonyms for winch

noun lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

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verb pull or lift up with or as if with a winch

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