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Definition of winch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

winch

verb

NAmE//wɪntʃ//

winch somebody/something + adv./prep.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they winch

he / she / it winches

past simple winched

-ing form winching

to lift someone or something up into the air using a winch A helicopter winched the survivors to safety.

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