twisting, turning; looping, spiral
act of turning or coiling; curve, twisting of a path; path of conduction in an electrical device
spin; twist; bend; wrap around; be wrapped around; be bent; change direction
turn, coil; twist around, convolute; meander; bind, bandage; be bound; be twisted around; change direction
air out, ventilate; blow a wind instrument; make sound by blowing; search out by smell; cause to be out of breath; catch one´s breath
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Winding Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wind
of Wind
(n.)
A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
(n.)
A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
(n.)
A call by the boatswain's whistle.
A call by the boatswain's whistle.
(a.)
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTwisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
winding
\wind"ing\ (?), n. [from wind to blow.] (naut.) a call by the boatswain's whistle.
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\wind"ing\, a. [from wind to twist.] twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
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\wind"ing\, n. a turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. to nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove with ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove.
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engine, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.
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sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped.
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tackle (naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel.
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\wind"ing\ (?), n. the material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as (elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.
winding
adj
1. 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" [syn: tortuous, twisting, twisty]
2. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" [syn: meandering(a) , rambling, wandering(a) ]
n : the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, twist]
similar words(7)
winding sheet
winding-clothes
ring winding
drum winding
winding tackle
winding-sheet
winding engine
Ceingliadur = n. winding wheel
Cengiadur = n. a winding reel
Cengliad = n. a winding
Dol = n. a winding; bow; dale; ring; noose, loop
Dyrwyniad = n. a winding
Sid = n. a winding, a round
Sidin = a. winding, revolving
Noun
1. the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
(synonym) wind, twist
(hypernym) rotation, rotary motion
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) tortuous, twisting, twisty
(similar) crooked
2. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
(synonym) meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a)
(similar) indirect
Noun
1. air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
(synonym) air current, current of air
(hypernym) weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
(hyponym) airstream
(substance-meronym) air
2. a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of change"
(hypernym) influence
3. breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
(hypernym) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
4. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz"
(synonym) idle words, jazz, nothingness
(hypernym) talk, talking
5. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
(synonym) tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint
(hypernym) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
6. a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
(synonym) wind instrument
(hypernym) musical instrument, instrument
(hyponym) bagpipe, pipes
(part-meronym) bell
7. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
(synonym) fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind
(hypernym) reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
8. the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
(synonym) winding, twist
(hypernym) rotation, rotary motion
(derivation) wind up
Verb
1. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
(synonym) weave, thread, meander, wander
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) snake
(verb-group) wander
2. extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
(synonym) curve
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) circumvolute
3. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
(synonym) wrap, roll, twine
(antonym) unwind, wind off, unroll
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) spool
(derivation) winder
4. catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
(synonym) scent, nose
(hypernym) smell
5. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
(synonym) wind up
(hypernym) tighten, fasten
(entail) turn
(derivation) winding, twist
6. form into a wreath
(synonym) wreathe
(hypernym) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
7. raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
(synonym) hoist, lift
(hypernym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
(hyponym) trice, trice up
Winding Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Winding Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A coil is a series of s. A coiled coil is a structure in which the coil itself is in turn also looping.
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A coil is a series of loops.
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Winding Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Turning a vessel end for end between buoys, or along-side a wharf or pier.
Winding Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
