Definitions
To be victorious, gain, or achieve first place.
Word origin
From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil,”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).
Used in a sentence
“For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.”
“I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.”
“No sooner did I get my freedom than my footsteps began to be dogged by the spies of the Iron Heel. It was necessary that they should be thrown off the track, and that I should win to California.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues
01“Be victorious”3 letters
02“Come in first”3 letters
03“Come out ahead”3 letters
04“Earn first place”3 letters
05“Earn victory”3 letters
06“Finish first”3 letters
07“Prevail”3 letters
08“Score a victory”3 letters
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