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wind·ing
(wīn′dĭng)n.
1.
a. Something wound about a center or an object: an armature with its wire winding.
b. The way in which something is wound.
c. One complete turn of something wound: two windings of electrical tape.
2. A curve or bend, as of a road.
adj.
1. Twisting or turning; sinuous.
2. Spiral.
wind′ing·ly adv.
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winding
(ˈwaɪndɪŋ)n
1. a curving or sinuous course or movement
2. anything that has been wound or wrapped around something
3. a particular manner or style in which something has been wound
4. a curve, bend, or complete turn in wound material, a road, etc
5. (often plural) devious thoughts or behaviour: the tortuous windings of political argumentation.
6. (Electrical Engineering) one or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers, generators, etc
7. (Building) another name for wind214
8. (Instruments) a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn
adj
curving; sinuous: a winding road.
ˈwindingly adv
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wind•ing
(ˈwaɪn dɪŋ)n.
1. the act of a person or thing that winds.
2. a bend, turn, or flexure.
3. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
4. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
5.
adj. a. a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
b. the manner in which wires are coiled to produce such a path.
6. bending or turning; sinuous.
7. spiral, as stairs.
[before 1050]
wind′ing•ly, adv.
wind′ing•ness, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  winding - the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" |
| Adj. | 1. |  winding - marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" |
| 2. |  winding - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" |
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winding
adjective twisting, turning, bending, curving, crooked, spiral, indirect, roundabout, meandering, tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, sinuous, circuitous, twisty, anfractuous, flexuous a long and winding road
twisting even, level, direct, straight, smooth, plumb, unswerving, undeviating
twisting even, level, direct, straight, smooth, plumb, unswerving, undeviating
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winding
adjectiveRepeatedly curving in alternate directions:
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Translations
مُلْتَف، مُنْعَطِف، مُتَعَرِّج
der snor sig
hlykkjóttur
vijugast
kıvrımlıvirajlı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
winding
[ˈwaɪndɪŋ] adj [road, river] → sinueux/euse; [staircase] → en colimaçon
a winding staircase → un escalier en colimaçonwind instrument [ˈwɪndɪnstrʊmənt] n → instrument m à vent
a winding staircase → un escalier en colimaçonwind instrument [ˈwɪndɪnstrʊmənt] n → instrument m à vent
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
winding
adj river, staircase → gewunden; road also → kurvenreich
n
winding
:winding sheet
n (old) → Leichentuch nt
winding staircase
n → Wendeltreppe f
winding-up sale
n → Räumungsverkauf m
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wind2
(waind) – past tense, past participle wound (waund) – verb1. to wrap round in coils. He wound the rope around his waist and began to climb.
2. to make into a ball or coil. to wind wool.
3. (of a road etc) to twist and turn. The road winds up the mountain.
4. to tighten the spring of (a clock, watch etc) by turning a knob, handle etc. I forgot to wind my watch.
ˈwinder noun a lever or instrument for winding, on a clock or other mechanism.
ˈwinding adjective full of bends etc. a winding road.
wind up1. to turn, twist or coil; to make into a ball or coil. My ball of wool has unravelled – could you wind it up again?
2. to wind a clock, watch etc. She wound up the clock.
3. to end. I think it's time to wind the meeting up.
be/get wound up to be, or get, in a very excited or anxious state.
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