winch
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English wynche, from Old English winċe, from Proto-Germanic *winkijǭ, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), whence also wink.
Inflected forms:
form: winches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: winches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: winched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: winched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hoisting or hauling on a rope or cable.
pos: noun
gloss: A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.
pos: noun
examples: It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch.
gloss: A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
pos: noun
gloss: A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
pos: noun
examples: the mule[…]being likewise frighted by that terrible blow, ran away as fast as it could about the fields, and within two or three winches overthrew him to the ground
gloss: A witch.
pos: noun
tags: Nigeria
slang
gloss: To use a winch
pos: verb
examples: Winch in those sails, lad!
Derived words: rope winch
winch handle
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: argano
lang: Arabic
word: مِلْفَاف
roman: milfāf
lang: Bulgarian
word: лебе́дка
roman: lebédka
lang: Bulgarian
word: макара
roman: makara
lang: Catalan
word: cabrestant
lang: Catalan
word: gigre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 絞車 /绞车
roman: jiǎochē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 絞盤 /绞盘
roman: jiǎopán
lang: Czech
word: naviják
lang: Danish
word: spil
lang: Danish
word: trækspil
lang: Dutch
word: lier
lang: Dutch
word: windas
lang: Esperanto
word: vinĉo
lang: Estonian
word: vints
lang: Finnish
word: vinssi
lang: Finnish
word: vintturi
lang: French
word: treuil
lang: Galician
word: guindastre
lang: Galician
word: guincho
lang: Galician
word: torno
lang: Georgian
word: ჯალამბარი
roman: ǯalambari
lang: German
word: Winde
lang: German
word: Winsch
lang: Hungarian
word: csörlő
lang: Icelandic
word: vinda
lang: Italian
word: argano
lang: Italian
word: verricello
lang: Italian
word: bozzello
lang: Italian
word: salpareti
lang: Japanese
word: ウインチ
roman: uinchi
lang: Kazakh
word: шығыр
roman: şyğyr
lang: Korean
word: 원치
roman: wonchi
lang: Latgalian
word: svērte
lang: Latin
word: sucula
lang: Latvian
word: vinda
lang: Macedonian
word: че́крек
roman: čékrek
lang: Macedonian
word: ди́галка
roman: dígalka
lang: Māori
word: huritaura
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vinsj
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: vinsj
lang: Old English
word: wince
lang: Polish
word: kołowrót
lang: Polish
word: wciągarka
lang: Portuguese
word: molinete
lang: Russian
word: лебёдка
roman: lebjódka
lang: Russian
word: во́рот
roman: vórot
lang: Slovak
word: rumpál
lang: Slovak
word: navijak
lang: Slovene
word: vitel
lang: Spanish
word: cabrestante
lang: Spanish
word: torno
lang: Spanish
word: cabestrante
lang: Spanish
word: argüe (disused)
lang: Spanish
word: argue (disused)
lang: Spanish
word: súcula
lang: Spanish
word: wincha
lang: Spanish
word: güinche
lang: Spanish
word: güincher
lang: Swahili
word: winchi
lang: Swedish
word: vinsch
lang: Tagalog
word: biling-bilingan
lang: Turkish
word: vinç
lang: Turkish
word: ırgat
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چقرق
roman: çıkrık
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بوجرغات
roman: bocurgat
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ارغات
roman: ırgat
lang: Welsh
word: winsh
lang: Welsh
word: dirwynlath
lang: Zazaki
word: vinç