English Explanatory Dictionary

winch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.
  3. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
  4. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
  5. A witch.
verb
  1. To use a winch
verb
  1. To wince; to shrink
  2. To kick with impatience or uneasiness.
verb
  1. to court
  2. to kiss, snog
name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

/wɪnt͡ʃ/ en-us-winch.ogg

Word forms

winch winches winching winched

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.

Related words

East Winch West Winch

Derived words

rope winch winch handle

Translations

Albanian: argano Arabic: مِلْفَاف Bulgarian: лебе́дка Bulgarian: макара Catalan: cabrestant Catalan: gigre Chinese Mandarin: 絞車 /绞车 Chinese Mandarin: 絞盤 /绞盘 Czech: naviják Danish: spil Danish: trækspil Dutch: lier Dutch: windas Esperanto: vinĉo Estonian: vints Finnish: vinssi Finnish: vintturi French: treuil Galician: guindastre Galician: guincho Galician: torno Georgian: ჯალამბარი German: Winde German: Winsch Hungarian: csörlő Icelandic: vinda Italian: argano Italian: verricello Italian: bozzello Italian: salpareti Japanese: ウインチ Kazakh: шығыр Korean: 원치 Latgalian: svērte Latin: sucula Latvian: vinda Macedonian: че́крек Macedonian: ди́галка Māori: huritaura Norwegian Bokmål: vinsj Norwegian Nynorsk: vinsj Old English: wince Polish: kołowrót Polish: wciągarka Portuguese: molinete Russian: лебёдка Russian: во́рот Slovak: rumpál Slovak: navijak Slovene: vitel Spanish: cabrestante Spanish: torno Spanish: cabestrante Spanish: argüe (disused) Spanish: argue (disused) Spanish: súcula Spanish: wincha Spanish: güinche Spanish: güincher Swahili: winchi Swedish: vinsch Tagalog: biling-bilingan Turkish: vinç Turkish: ırgat Ottoman Turkish: چقرق Ottoman Turkish: بوجرغات Ottoman Turkish: ارغات
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