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winding
[ wahyn-ding ]
noun
- 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.
adjective
- bending or turning; sinuous.
- spiral, as stairs.
winding
/ ˈɲɪԻɪŋ /
noun
- 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
- a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn
adjective
- curving; sinuous
a winding road
Derived Forms
- ˈɾԻ徱Բ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɾԻiԲ· adverb
- ɾԻiԲ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Improvements touted by the county include bolstering the vetting of foster parents and probation staffers and winding down the use of group homes like MacLaren Children’s Center.
If they aren’t, then the civic clock is winding down to a diminished future.
Those lawsuits are still winding their way through the courts, with Citibank seeking to move them to arbitration, which it has succeeded in doing in one federal case.
Simply entering the winding collection of backstreets at the base of a jungled hillside was impossible without the gang's prior approval.
A crew from Cal Fire drove for four hours along winding roads on Shelter Cove to provide the helicopter team with gasoline so they could return back to base, according to the U.S.
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