Winch
noun
A device that is used to pull in or let out a rope or cable.
They used a winch to lift the heavy boxes onto the ship.
Often appears as...
- hand winch
- electric winch
verb
To pull in or let out a rope or cable using a winch.
They had to winch the car out of the ditch.
noun
A device that is used to pull in or let out a rope or cable.
They used a winch to lift the heavy boxes onto the ship.
Often appears as...
- hand winch
- electric winch
verb
To pull in or let out a rope or cable using a winch.
They had to winch the car out of the ditch.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Strength
Often implies heavy lifting or strong force, especially with manual winches.
The crew relied on their physical strength to operate the hand winch.
Pro Tip 2/3Rescue Operations
Commonly used in contexts like towing or pulling objects from dangerous positions.
Rescuers used a winch to raise the crashed car from the ravine.
Pro Tip 3/3Maritime Usage
Frequently found and utilized in nautical settings, such as on ships and docks.
The sailors tightened the anchor by turning the winch.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Strength
Often implies heavy lifting or strong force, especially with manual winches.
The crew relied on their physical strength to operate the hand winch.
Pro Tip 2/3Rescue Operations
Commonly used in contexts like towing or pulling objects from dangerous positions.
Rescuers used a winch to raise the crashed car from the ravine.
Pro Tip 3/3Maritime Usage
Frequently found and utilized in nautical settings, such as on ships and docks.
The sailors tightened the anchor by turning the winch.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Strength
Often implies heavy lifting or strong force, especially with manual winches.
The crew relied on their physical strength to operate the hand winch.
Pro Tip 2/3Rescue Operations
Commonly used in contexts like towing or pulling objects from dangerous positions.
Rescuers used a winch to raise the crashed car from the ravine.
Pro Tip 3/3Maritime Usage
Frequently found and utilized in nautical settings, such as on ships and docks.
The sailors tightened the anchor by turning the winch.
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Video examples
My seven species of...
legs it probably can't it's difficult to see but has a winch and a cable on the top I try to figure out the best place to put its foot and then once it figures that out in real time it calculates the force distribution how much force it needs to exert to the surface so it doesn't tip and doesn't slip once it stabilizes that lifts a foot and then
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Gordon Ramsay Harvests...
They can't get any further in there. OK, let's just test. Holy. Fingers are freezing. See, look. Yours is coming out. Mine's coming out? Yeah. You've got to get that in deeper. Deeper? Yeah, you're not all the way in. When we pull that up on the winch, it's going to crack. Perfect.
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Stunning Cave...
on this railway that we installed and then winch it to the surface. It took four years to complete this project. Sinking the shaft from the surface, making the connection through to Titan. Now at the time, like I said, I was using the film cameras, so I would draw pictures
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Roz Savage: Why I'm...
I tried to tell them to go away. We had a bit of a battle of wills. I lost and got airlifted. Awful, really awful. It was one of the worst feelings of my life, as I was lifted up on that winch line into the helicopter and looked down at my trusty little boat
Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
electric winch and it was a hole about one meter wide for a moment this 45 seconds journey down seems like an eternity this was the first time i was going down so deep in the earth and when i was going down little stones fell off while i was going down the
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Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
and you can see I got to my winch in the back I'm here to start using my wafer and of course it has gotten a bit dark and of course that means over translates for us having gone to infrared well I haven't given up in the bush you never
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Thirsty Beast PIPE Yukon...
was poking the stick beside where the suction is sitting and I think it's getting buried and mother yeah this pretty deep Dennis tries to lift the pump nozzle with the power winch but something's loose in the motor you went
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Saving an Elephant from...
Oh, they've got it. The poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck
Video examples
My seven species of...
legs it probably can't it's difficult to see but has a winch and a cable on the top I try to figure out the best place to put its foot and then once it figures that out in real time it calculates the force distribution how much force it needs to exert to the surface so it doesn't tip and doesn't slip once it stabilizes that lifts a foot and then
Video examples
Gordon Ramsay Harvests...
They can't get any further in there. OK, let's just test. Holy. Fingers are freezing. See, look. Yours is coming out. Mine's coming out? Yeah. You've got to get that in deeper. Deeper? Yeah, you're not all the way in. When we pull that up on the winch, it's going to crack. Perfect.
Video examples
Stunning Cave...
on this railway that we installed and then winch it to the surface. It took four years to complete this project. Sinking the shaft from the surface, making the connection through to Titan. Now at the time, like I said, I was using the film cameras, so I would draw pictures
Video examples
Roz Savage: Why I'm...
I tried to tell them to go away. We had a bit of a battle of wills. I lost and got airlifted. Awful, really awful. It was one of the worst feelings of my life, as I was lifted up on that winch line into the helicopter and looked down at my trusty little boat
Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
electric winch and it was a hole about one meter wide for a moment this 45 seconds journey down seems like an eternity this was the first time i was going down so deep in the earth and when i was going down little stones fell off while i was going down the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
and you can see I got to my winch in the back I'm here to start using my wafer and of course it has gotten a bit dark and of course that means over translates for us having gone to infrared well I haven't given up in the bush you never
Video examples
Thirsty Beast PIPE Yukon...
was poking the stick beside where the suction is sitting and I think it's getting buried and mother yeah this pretty deep Dennis tries to lift the pump nozzle with the power winch but something's loose in the motor you went
Video examples
Saving an Elephant from...
Oh, they've got it. The poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck
Video examples
Top 5 Nail-Biting...
poachers have simply used winch cable from a truck
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Quote examples
David Rittenhouse
American Scientist
In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.
Quote examples
David Rittenhouse
American Scientist
In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.
Example 1 of 1
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