Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To wind too tightly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To wind too much.
- Specifically, in mining, to wind (a hoisting apparatus) so that the cage rises above its proper position for being unloaded. Overwinding is a fruitful source of danger in mining, and many expedients have been adopted for its prevention.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
wind (tighten a spring of) something excessively. - verb To
twist itself more tightly.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + wind
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: Bright metallic silver robot puts your logo in motion; non-overwind crank mechanism. 5 disc colors for imprinting.
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: Bright metallic silver robot puts your logo in motion; non-overwind crank mechanism. 5 disc colors for imprinting.
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The Argivian named Urza smiled back, apparently unmoved, and said, "Be sure not to overwind it.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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