Meaning of winch | Babel Free

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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 surname from Old English.
   countable, uncountable
3. 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
4. A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.
5. To move with or as if with a winch.
6. A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines
7. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
8. a type of powerful machine for hoisting or hauling heavy loads. wenas وِنْش: مِرْفاع، ذِراع تَدْوير лебедка guincho naviják, vrátek die Winde spil βαρούλκο torno vints دستگاه وينچ vinssi treuilמנוף भारी सामान के लिए इस्तेमाल होने वाली एक शक्तिशाली मशीन vitao, čekrk csőrlő derek vinda argano 巻上げ機 윈치, 자아틀 gervė, keltuvas vinča kapi; takal windasvinsj, krankołowrót يو ماشين دې چې شيان په پورته كيږې يا كش كيږي، جرثقيل gancho troliu, scripete лебёдка hriadeľ, navijak; rumpál vitel čekrk vinsch เคร...
9. A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth)
10. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
11. to hoist (up) or haul (in) using a winch. wen, opwen يَرْفَع بالوِنْش вдигам с лебедка guinchar zdvihat/přemisťovat vrátkem winden hejse ved hjælp af et spil σηκώνω με βαρούλκο levantar con un torno vintsiga tõstma بکسل کردن vinssata soulever/déplacer avec un treuil לְהָרִים בְּמָנוֹף विंच के प्रयोग से काम करना podići vitlom csőrlővel felemel menderek lyfta/draga með vindu (muovere/sollevare con un argano) 巻上げる …을 윈치로 감아올리다 (pa)kelti gerve pacelt ar vinču mengangkat dengan takal met een winda...
12. A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness
13. A witch.
    Nigeria, slang
14. A stationary motorized or hand-powered machine used for hoisting or hauling, having a drum around which is wound a rope, cable, or chain attached to the load being moved.
15. A witch
16. The crank used to give motion to a grindstone or similar device.
17. (Mechanical Engineering) a windlass driven by a hand- or power-operated crank
18. (Mechanical Engineering) a hand- or power-operated crank by which a machine is driven
19. (Mechanical Engineering) (tr; often foll by up or in) to pull (in a rope) or lift (a weight) using a winch
20. (intr) an obsolete word for wince1
    intr
21. the crank or handle of a revolving machine.

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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.”

“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”

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