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Definition win

Etymology 1

From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure”) (compare Old English ?ewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-Germanic *winnan? (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.

Verb

win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
  3. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
  4. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
  5. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
  6. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
  7. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
  8. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
  9. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).

Etymology 2

From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winn? (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).

Noun

win (plural wins)

  1. An individual victory.
  2. (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
  3. (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
  4. (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.

Etymology 3

From Middle English winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-Germanic *wunj? (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), archaic Dutch wonne (“joy”), Danish ynde (“grace”), Icelandic yndi (“delight”).

Noun

win (plural wins)

  1. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.

Etymology 4

From wind.

Verb

win

  1. (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.


Results 197 Words with the letters WIN

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6 letter words with the letters WIN 
ATWAIN 10
AWEING 12
AWNING 13
BOWFIN 16
BOWING 15
CAWING 15
COWING 15
DAWING 13
DEWING 13
DISOWN 11
DIWANS 11
DOWING 13
DWINED 12
DWINES 11
ENWIND 12
HANIWA 12
HAWING 14
HEWING 14
IMPAWN 16
INDOWS 11
INFLOW 14
INTOWN 11
INWALL 12
INWARD 11
INWIND 12
INWOVE 14
INWRAP 13
JAWING 21
JOWING 21
LAWINE 11
LAWING 13
LOWING 13
MAWING 15
MEWING 15
MINNOW 14
MOWING 15
NEWBIE 13
NEWIES 10
NEWISH 12
NEWSIE 10
NITWIT 10
NOWISE 10
OWNING 13
PAWING 15
RAWINS 10
REWIND 11
REWINS 10
ROWING 12
SAWING 12
SEWING 12
SINEWS 10
SINEWY 12
SOWING 12
SWAINS 10
SWINGE 12
SWINGS 12
SWINGY 14
SWINKS 14
TAWING 12
TEWING 12
TOWING 12
TOWNIE 10
TWAINS 10
TWINED 11
TWINER 10
TWINES 10
TWINGE 12
UNWIND 13
UNWISE 11
UNWISH 13
UNWITS 11
UPWIND 15
VOWING 16
WADING 13
WAGING 14
WAHINE 12
WAKING 16
WALING 13
WANIER 10
WANING 13
WANION 11
WARING 12
WAVING 16
WAXING 19
WEENIE 10
WEINER 10
WELKIN 15
WHINED 13
WHINER 12
WHINES 12
WHINEY 14
WHINGE 14
WHINNY 15
WHITEN 12
WIDENS 11
WIENER 10
WIENIE 10
WIFING 15
WIGANS 12
WIGEON 12
WILING 13
WINCED 14
WINCER 13
WINCES 13
WINCEY 15
WINDED 12
WINDER 11
WINDLE 12
WINDOW 14
WINDUP 15
WINERY 12
WINGED 13
WINGER 12
WINIER 10
WINING 13
WINISH 12
WINKED 15
WINKER 14
WINKLE 15
WINNED 12
WINNER 11
WINNOW 14
WINOES 10
WINTER 10
WINTLE 11
WINTRY 12
WINZES 19
WIPING 15
WIRING 12
WISENT 10
WISING 12
WITHIN 12
WITING 12
WITNEY 12
WIVERN 14
WIVING 16
WIZENS 19
WIZZEN 28
WOOING 12
WOWING 15
WRINGS 12
WRYING 14
WYLING 15
WYTING 14
YAWING 14
YOWING 14
5 letter words with the letters WIN 
AWING 11
DIWAN 10
DWINE 10
INDOW 10
OWING 11
SWING 11
SWINK 13
TWINY 11
UNWIT 10
WHINE 11
WHINS 11
WHINY 13
WIDEN 10
WIGAN 11
WINCE 12
WINCH 14
WINDS 10
WINDY 12
WINED 10
WINEY 11
WINGS 11
WINGY 13
WINKS 13
WINZE 18
WIZEN 18
WRING 11
4 letter words with the letters WIN 
TWIN 8
WAIN 8
WHIN 10
WIND 9
WINE 8
WING 10
WINK 12
WINO 8
WINS 8
WINY 10
3 letter words with the letters WIN 
WIN 7
2 letter words with the letters WIN 
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