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Definition of Winding
1. Noun. The act of winding or twisting. "He put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
2. Adjective. Marked by repeated turns and bends. "Had to steer the car down a twisty track"
Similar to: Crooked
Derivative terms: Tortuosity, Tortuousness
3. Adjective. Of a path e.g.. "A winding country road"
Definition of Winding
1. n. A call by the boatswain's whistle.
2. a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
3. n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
4. n. The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material;
5. n. A call by the boatswain's whistle.
6. a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
7. n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
8. n. The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material;
Definition of Winding
1. Verb. (present participle of wind) ¹
2. Noun. something wound around something else ¹
3. Noun. the manner in which something is wound ¹
4. Noun. one complete turn of something wound ¹
5. Noun. (context: electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer ¹
6. Adjective. twisting, turning or sinuous ¹
7. Adjective. spiral or helical ¹
8. Verb. (British) to turn a boat around in a canal ¹
9. Noun. the act or process of winding (turning around) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Winding
1. material wound about an object [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Winding
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