meaning of winch
1. To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
2. A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
3. A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
4. An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
5. An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc. ; a windlass.
6. A wince.
7. lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
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