Rewound

To wind something again, especially a tape, clock spring, or other mechanism back to its original or starting position. It implies reversing a process or operation to its beginning. In the context of recording media, 'rewound' specifically refers to the action of returning a recording, such as audio or video tape, to the start of the content. The term is often used figuratively to describe a reversal or undoing of a previous action or event, or a return to a past state or condition, in a metaphorical sense.

Rewound meaning with examples

• After finishing the movie, I rewound the VHS tape so it would be ready for the next viewing. The old VCR made a characteristic whirring sound as the tape was pulled back and forth before being rewound to the beginning. I used to rent videos when I was a child, and always rewound them before returning them to Blockbuster.
• The musician rewound the tape recording to analyze a specific section of the song. The producer asked me to rewound the music to play the last few bars. He was hoping to improve the arrangement of the chords, and felt they weren’t well placed. The sound engineers needed to rewound the multitrack audio and adjust the levels.