winding
Americannoun
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the act of a person or thing that winds.
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a bend, turn, or flexure.
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a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
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something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
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Electricity.
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a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
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the manner of such coiling.
a series winding.
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adjective
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bending or turning; sinuous.
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spiral, as stairs.
noun
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a curving or sinuous course or movement
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anything that has been wound or wrapped around something
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a particular manner or style in which something has been wound
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a curve, bend, or complete turn in wound material, a road, etc
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(often plural) devious thoughts or behaviour
the tortuous windings of political argumentation
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one or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers, generators, etc
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another name for wind 2
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a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn
adjective
Other Word Forms
- windingly adverb
- windingness noun
Etymology
Origin of winding
before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English windung (noun); wind 2, -ing 1, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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On Thursday morning, over 100 artists, gallerists and collectors representing 24 countries wafted into the maze that is Frieze at the Santa Monica Airport and transformed the space into a winding runway.
From Los Angeles Times
Shocked participants made out an empty chair crossing the room, “winding its way among the people … without touching them.”
From Literature
“That said, the panic phase of this recent volatility may be winding down as cooler heads have begun to prevail and cheaper valuations emerge.”
From Barron's
"We will now turn to the difficult and regrettable task of winding down our health assistance in Zimbabwe," US ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont said in a statement.
From BBC
There was a path beneath my feet, clearly trodden and winding farther into The Woods.
From Literature
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