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- [winch]
- /wɪntʃ/
- /wɪntʃ/
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- [winch]
- /wɪntʃ/
Definitions of winch word
- noun winch the crank or handle of a revolving machine. 1
- noun winch a windlass turned by a crank, for hoisting or hauling. 1
- noun winch any of various devices for cranking. 1
- noun winch Also, wince. Textiles. any machine equipped with rollers that guide cloth through a dye or finishing solution in an open vat. a roller between two dyeing vats for passing cloth from one vat to another. 1
- verb with object winch to hoist or haul (a load) by means of a winch. 1
- abbreviation WINCH wince1 . 1
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Origin of winch
First appearance:
before 1050 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English winche, Old English wince pulley; akin to wench, wince1, wink1
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Parts of speech for Winch
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winch popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for winch
noun winch
- hoist — to hoist.
- windlass — a device for raising or hauling objects, usually consisting of a horizontal cylinder or barrel turned by a crank, lever, motor, or the like, upon which a cable, rope, or chain winds, the outer end of the cable being attached directly or indirectly to the weight to be raised or the thing to be hauled or pulled; winch.
- crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- pulley — a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines.
- crane — A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
verb winch
- raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- pull — pull media
- wind — the act of winding.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
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