Definition of WINDING

winding

Plural: windings

Noun

  • Material wrapped around an object, often for insulation or support.
  • the act of winding or twisting
  • gerund of wind
  • The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
  • gerund of wind
  • The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.
  • gerund of wind
  • The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
  • gerund of wind
  • A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
  • gerund of wind
  • A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
  • gerund of wind
  • Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
  • gerund of wind
  • Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
  • gerund of wind
  • Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
  • gerund of wind
  • The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
  • gerund of wind
  • A variation in a tune.
  • Something wound around another thing.
  • Something wound around another thing.
  • A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
  • Something wound around another thing.
  • Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).
  • Something wound around another thing.
  • A decorative object, design, or other thing with curves or twists.
  • Something wound around another thing.
  • Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner.

Verb

  • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • extend in curves and turns
  • arrange or or coil around
  • catch the scent of; get wind of
  • coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
  • form into a wreath
  • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
  • present participle and gerund of wind
  • present participle and gerund of wind

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by repeated turns and bends
    • "winding roads are full of surprises"
  • of a path e.g.
    • "a winding country road"

Adj

  • Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.
  • Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.
  • Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner.
  • Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
  • Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.
  • Chiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral.
  • Of speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout.
  • Flexible, pliant.
  • Morally crooked; crafty, shifty.

Examples

  • The player considered the winding of tiles on the board, searching for hidden opportunities.

Origin / Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)”), from winden, wynden (“to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs).
The adjective is derived from the verb.
The English word is analysable as wind (“to blow air through (a wind instrument or horn) to make a sound; to cause (someone) to become breathless; to winnow (food grain), etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).

Antonyms

unwind

Scrabble Score: 12

winding: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
winding: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
winding: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

winding: valid Words With Friends Word