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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 Word Forms
- ɾԻiԲ· adverb
- ɾԻiԲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The county has taken several steps to try and prevent abuse, Davenport has said, including bolstering the vetting of foster parents and probation staffers and winding down the use of group homes.
Posters for candidates, inescapable in other parts of Australia, are conspicuously absent as you drive past fields of sugar cane and down a gently winding coastal road.
They returned to New York City as the San Francisco troupe was winding down and Irving served as artistic director of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center from 1965 to 1972.
And in California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was winding down his second and final term as governor.
Tartt’s detailed, enveloping prose and the winding twists of Theo’s life connect not just to a piece of art but to human emotions and a sense of beauty that stretches across time.
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