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The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus among sides otherwise divided on the question of how and when America's longest-ever war should wind down.
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Meaning of "wind down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIND DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIND DOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wind down is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES WIND DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wind down in the English dictionary

The first definition of wind down in the dictionary is to lower or move down by cranking. Other definition of wind down is to become slack. Wind down is also to diminish gradually in force or power; relax.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIND DOWN


behind
bɪˈhaɪnd
bind
baɪnd
blind
blaɪnd
combined
kəmˈbaɪnd
confined
kənˈfaɪnd
find
faɪnd
grind
ɡraɪnd
hind
haɪnd
humankind
ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd
inclined
ɪnˈklaɪnd
kind
kaɪnd
lined
ˈlaɪnd
mankind
ˌmænˈkaɪnd
mind
maɪnd
one-of-a-kind
ˌwʌnəvəˈkaɪnd
refined
rɪˈfaɪnd
remind
rɪˈmaɪnd
rewind
riːˈwaɪnd
undefined
ˌʌndɪˈfaɪnd
unsigned
ʌnˈsaɪnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIND DOWN

wind chest
wind chimes
wind cone
wind deflector
wind farm
wind gap
wind gauge
wind generator
wind harp
wind instrument
wind machine
wind power
Wind River Range
wind rose
wind scale
wind shake
wind shear
wind sleeve
wind surge
wind tee

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIND DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
thumbs down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
write down

Synonyms and antonyms of wind down in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WIND DOWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wind down» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wind down

Translation of «wind down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIND DOWN

Find out the translation of wind down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wind down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wind down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

放松一下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

relajarse
570 millions of speakers

English

wind down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे हवा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقليص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свернуть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relaxar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে তলিয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se détendre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Angin turun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entspannen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ほぐす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래 바람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Angin mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giãn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே போ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली वारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sarılmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbassare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyciszenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

згорнути
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vânt în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηρεμήσω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wind af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avveckla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trappe ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wind down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIND DOWN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIND DOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wind down

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5 QUOTES WITH «WIND DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wind down.
1
Agnes Bruckner
I'm a huge gamer! I love playing 'World of Warcraft.' It helps me wind down and escape reality for a few.
2
Tyson Chandler
Yeah, I paint in my spare time, just to relax myself and wind down a bit.
3
Dianne Feinstein
We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums.
4
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus among sides otherwise divided on the question of how and when America's longest-ever war should wind down.
5
Charles Roven
People tend to think about God more when the clock starts to wind down.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIND DOWN»

Discover the use of wind down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wind down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Learn-O-Grams: Pictorial Puzzles to Warm Up, Wind Down, and ...
Accompanying CD-ROM has sample Learn-o-grams and the Learn-o-grams from the book, which can be displayed with or without solutions; a soft skills lader paradigm; a Learn-o-grams scoresheet; guidelines for participants; Adobe Reader and ...
Ronald J. Roberts, 2007
2
Down Wind, Down River: New and Selected Poems
In addition to the poems presented in Down Wind, Down River, this volume includes work from Black Ash, Orange Fire: Collected Poems 1959-85; Men at Work(1989); and translations of Enrique Lihn, Antonio Machado, and Vicente Huidobro.
William Witherup, 2000
3
Factors Affecting the Decisions of General Motors and ...
Neil Barofsky. and a non-GM brand in the same facility, 226 were phase one wind-downs, 43 were phase two wind-downs, and 299 were retained.21 Additionally, SIGTARP noted that 39 wind-down dealers in phase two did not meet any of ...
Neil Barofsky, 2010
4
Issuer Perspectives on Securitization
Wind-Down Events for "Revolving" Structures In some structures in which Ihe assets are usually repaid relatively quickly, such as those backed by credit card or trade receivables, asset principal payments are normally reinvested in new ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, 1999
5
Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
Wind down stream. No wind. No wind. Wind down stream strong). Wind down stream éstrong) Wind downstream light). Wind down stream (light). "Wind down stream (strong) Wind down stream (strong) :Wind down stream (light). Wind down  ...
New York (State). Legislature. Senate, 1856
6
Ending Government Bailouts as We Know Them
1 Other critics see wind-down plans as a means of forcing SIFIs to establish ring- fenced subsidiaries in each country in which the SIFI operates. That would make life easier for regulators but potentially less profitable for bankers. Some observe  ...
Kenneth E. Scott, George P. Shultz, John B. Taylor, 2010
7
Break the Co-Sleeping Habit: How to Set Bedtime Boundaries - ...
This part of the bedtime routine is called wind-down time. It comes well before bedtime. Wind-down time is the beginning of the transition from day to sleep time. It is still part ofthe child's day, but it is a calm, lowkey period of time that includes ...
Valerie Levine, 2009
8
Grand Theft Auto
GM's plan includes: • A commitment to advise all Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealerships that received a complete wind-down agreement of the criteria used by GM in the selection of that dealership for wind-down. • A face-to- face ...
Alan Spitzer, Alison Spitzer, 2011
9
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Large Print 16pt)
Easing. the. Active. Mind. with. Wind-Down. Activities. Many people with CFS and FM complain that—de- spite profound physical fatigue—they cannot shut their minds off at night. It's a problem often described as “tired and wired.
Fred Friedberg, 2010
10
New York Magazine
In most of the city, buildings — as well as trees and other obstructions — tend to slow the wind down; that's why wind velocities are usually higher above the ground than on it. But if a building is considerably higher than those around it, ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIND DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wind down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kips Bay Medical Announces an Orderly Wind Down of Operations …
MINNEAPOLIS, June 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kips Bay Medical, Inc. (OTCQB:KIPS) today announced its decision to terminate its eMESH I clinical ... «GlobeNewswire, Jun 15»
2
Brian Wilson: Wind down the rhetoric on renewables
The announcement by Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, does not mean the end for onshore wind farms. However, nobody ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
3
Government to keep Canada Savings Bonds despite report urging …
A report prepared for the federal Finance Department by KPMG recommends the government wind down the program that sells Canada Savings Bonds and ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jun 15»
4
NVIDIA Plans To Wind Down Icera Modem Operations In 2016
Today NVIDIA announced plans to wind down their Icera modem operations in the latter half of their fiscal 2016. Icera was originally an independent British ... «AnandTech, May 15»
5
Wind Capital to sell last two wind farms, wind down operations
St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group LLC announced Monday it had agreed to sell its last two wind farms to San Francisco-based Pattern Energy Group Inc. «STLtoday.com, Apr 15»
6
Snow Becomes Light Overnight, Then Resumes With Windy and …
You should try to clear the snow as soon as it stops as wind and cold will ... The storm will intensifying in the morning, but then wind down during the afternoon. «Boston.com, Feb 15»
7
Citing sanctions, Exxon says it will wind down exploratory Russian …
Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday that it will wind down a drilling project in Russia in compliance with U.S. sanctions, but said it received a license to keep working ... «The Globe and Mail, Sep 14»
8
GM Canada accused of ambushing dealers with wind down
The automaker says former dealers covered by the class action received a total of $123 million for agreeing to shut down by the end of 2009 and that there was ... «Hamilton Spectator, Sep 14»
9
Broadcom will sell or “wind down” its cellular baseband business
Broadcom today announced that it is "exploring strategic alternatives for its cellular baseband business, including a potential sale or wind-down." Exiting the ... «Ars Technica, Jun 14»
10
Alberta interim premier Dave Hancock is asking the PC Party to …
Premier Dave Hancock has asked the PC party to "wind down" its unique $1.6 million trust fund as Monday's Question Period saw opposition parties attack the ... «Edmonton Sun, Apr 14»

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