enwind

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verb

To wind around (something); to encircle or wrap up.

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Meanings

verbenwind (third-person singular simple present enwinds, present participle enwinding, simple past and past participle enwound)

present singular third person enwinds · participle present enwinding · participle past enwound · past enwound

  1. transitiveTo wind around (something); to encircle or wrap up.

    Love, the third, Between us, in the circle of his arms Enwound us both; […]

    1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Gardener’s Daughter; or, The Pictures”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 29
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    Prais’d be the fathomless universe, For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.

    1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems

Origin

From en- + wind.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nedwin
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APA

enwind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwind

MLA

“enwind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enwind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwind.

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