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To rewind is to reel or wind a tape or film backwards, or to otherwise reverse back on something.

(verb)

When a VCR tape is playing and you want to go back five minutes and watch the prior scene again so you wind the tape back, this is an example of when you rewind.

See rewind in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb rewound, rewinding

to wind again; specif., to wind (film or tape) back on the original reel

noun

something rewound
the act of rewinding

See rewind in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·wound (-woundˈ), re·wind·ing, re·winds

To wind again or anew.
To reverse the winding of (recording tape or camera film).

noun (rēˈwīndˌ, rē-wīndˈ)

The act or process of rewinding.
Something that rewinds or is rewound.
A control mechanism for rewinding (tape or film).

Related Forms:

re·windˈer noun

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