winding
the act of a person or thing that winds.
a bend, turn, or flexure.
a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
Electricity.
a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
the manner of such coiling: a series winding.
bending or turning; sinuous.
spiral, as stairs.
Origin of winding
1Other words from winding
- wind·ing·ly, adverb
- wind·ing·ness, noun
Words Nearby winding
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How to use winding in a sentence
I saw her at the end of that night in 2018, struggling to maneuver her enormous new SUV down the winding driveway, at one point plonking it down over a two-foot dirt curb.
The feud between a weed influencer and scientist over puking stoners | Amanda Chicago Lewis | July 20, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewSecurity guards in blue uniforms lined the winding driveway leading to the entrance.
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy | Jane Qiu | February 9, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewDuring the fall and winter, the natural world is waning—experiencing a gradual winding down of energy.
How Studying Witchcraft Changed My Relationship with the Outdoors | abarronian | October 31, 2021 | Outside OnlineAfter a long and winding season, we should be in store for a tightly contested championship that looks as close as any we’ve seen in a while.
Astros Or Braves? Flip A Coin For This World Series. | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt’s a long, winding, asbestos-laden series of events that began in 2013, when the city of San Diego was scoping out downtown buildings to house its employees.
VOSD Podcast: The 101 Ash St. Dumpster Fire Just Got Hotter | Nate John | September 17, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
One of its few concessions to the luxurious standards of the neighbors is a long, winding road.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCheck out Le Marais, one of the oldest quarters of the city, where gay-friendly establishments line the winding cobbled lanes.
You will find winding pasture for sheep and highland cattle.
Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace.
The Postman Who Built a Palace in France…by Hand | Nina Strochlic | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut now time is winding down, and he appears more willing to take risks.
If you use it wisely, it may be Ulysses' hauberk; if you reject it, the shirt of Nessus were a cooler winding-sheet!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThey may be made both winding and pumping engines at the same time, if so required.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickI shall also bring drawings with me for one or two winding engines for the same place.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickHe also ordered one or two winding engines, in addition to the pumping engines.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickWithout another word she left him, and where he stood he could hear her steps as she tripped down the winding staircase of stone.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for winding
/ (ˈwaɪndɪŋ) /
a curving or sinuous course or movement
anything that has been wound or wrapped around something
a particular manner or style in which something has been wound
a curve, bend, or complete turn in wound material, a road, etc
(often plural) devious thoughts or behaviour: the tortuous windings of political argumentation
one or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers, generators, etc
another name for wind 2 (def. 14)
a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn
curving; sinuous: a winding road
Derived forms of winding
- windingly, adverb
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