access (n.)

1) the right to enter a place, use something, see someone etc

access to

Access to the papers is restricted to senior management.

Cats should always have access to fresh, clean water.

2) how easy or difficult it is for people to enter a public building, to reach a place, or talk to someone

access to

a house with easy access to the sea

3) to succeed in entering a place or in seeing someone or something

gain/get access (to sth.)

The police managed to gain access through an upstairs window.

access (vt.)

• to find information, especially on a computer

Users can access their voice mail remotely.

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5. wind (v.) (wound, wound )

1) to turn or twist something several times around something else

wind sth. around/round sth.

The hair is divided into sections and wound around heated rods.

2) to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working also wind up

Did you remember to wind the clock?

3) if a road, river etc winds somewhere, it has many smooth bends and is usually very long

wind (its way) through/along etc sth.

Highway 99 winds its way along the coast.

a winding path

wind sth. forward/back

Can you wind the video back a little way-I want to see that bit again.

1) to damage something such as paper or cloth by pulling it hard or letting it touch something sharp

Be careful not to tear the paper.

tear sth. on sth.

She realized she had torn her jacket on a nail.

tear sth. off

Tear off the slip at the bottom of this page and send it back to us.

tear sth. out (of sth.)

He tore a page out of his notebook and handed it to her.