Definitions for winding

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winding wind·ing

Spelling: [wahyn-ding]

IPA: /ˈwaɪn dɪŋ/

Winding is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in winding (dgiinnw).

Definitions for winding

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that winds.
2. a bend, turn, or flexure.
3. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
4. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
5. Electricity. a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device. the manner of such coiling:
6. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface:
7. a gale; storm; hurricane.
8. any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.
9. air that is blown or forced to produce a musical sound in singing or playing an instrument.
10. wind instrument.
11. wind instruments collectively.
12. the winds, the members of an orchestra or band who play the wind instruments.
13. breath or breathing:
14. the power of breathing freely, as during continued exertion.
15. any influential force or trend:
16. a hint or intimation:
17. air carrying an animal's odor or scent.
18. solar wind.
19. empty talk; mere words.
20. vanity; conceitedness.
21. gas generated in the stomach and intestines.
22. Boxing Slang. the pit of the stomach where a blow may cause a temporary shortness of breath; solar plexus.
23. any direction of the compass.
24. a state of unconcern, recklessness, or abandon:
25. the act of winding.
26. a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound:
27. a twist producing an uneven surface.

Idioms

1. between wind and water, (of a ship) at or near the water line. in a vulnerable or precarious spot:
2. break wind, to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus.
3. how the wind blows / lies, what the tendency or probability is: Also, which way the wind blows.
4. in the teeth of the wind, sailing directly into the wind; against the wind. Also, in the eye of the wind, in the wind's eye.
5. in the wind, about to occur; imminent; impending:
6. off the wind, away from the wind; with the wind at one's back. (of a sailing vessel) headed into the wind with sails shaking or aback.
7. on the wind, as close as possible to the wind. Also, on a wind.
8. sail close to the wind, Also, sail close on a wind. to sail as nearly as possible in the direction from which the wind is blowing. to practice economy in the management of one's affairs. to verge on a breach of propriety or decency. to escape (punishment, detection, etc.) by a narrow margin; take a risk.
9. take the wind out of one's sails, to surprise someone, especially with unpleasant news; stun; shock; flabbergast:
10. out of wind, (of boards, plasterwork, etc.) flat and true.

adjective

1. bending or turning; sinuous.
2. spiral, as stairs.

Verb phrases

1. wind down, to lessen in intensity so as to bring or come to a gradual end: to calm down; relax:
2. wind up, to bring to a state of great tension; excite (usually used in the past participle): to bring or come to an end; conclude: to settle or arrange in order to conclude: to become ultimately: Baseball. (of a pitcher) to execute a windup.

verb (used with object)

1. to expose to wind or air.
2. to follow by the scent.
3. to make short of wind or breath, as by vigorous exercise.
4. to let recover breath, as by resting after exertion.
5. to encircle or wreathe, as with something twined, wrapped, or placed about.
6. to roll or coil (thread, string, etc.) into a ball, on a spool, or the like (often followed by up).
7. to remove or take off by unwinding (usually followed by off or from):
8. to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something.
9. to make (a mechanism) operational by tightening the mainspring with a key (often followed by up):
10. to haul or hoist by means of a winch, windlass, or the like (often followed by up).
11. to make (one's or its way) in a bending or curving course:
12. to make (one's or its way) by indirect, stealthy, or devious procedure:
13. to blow (a horn, a blast, etc.).
14. to sound by blowing.
15. to signal or direct by blasts of the horn or the like.

verb (used without object)

1. to catch the scent or odor of game.
2. to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander:
3. to have a circular or spiral course or direction.
4. to coil or twine about something:
5. to proceed circuitously or indirectly.
6. to undergo winding or winding up.
7. to be twisted or warped, as a board.

Origin of winding

before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English windung (noun); see wind², -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for winding

Foreign tourists would often hike up the winding road and camp out in the ruins.

We resumed our burden now, and made our way with it down the winding path to the bottom.

One of its few concessions to the luxurious standards of the neighbors is a long, winding road.

Check out Le Marais, one of the oldest quarters of the city, where gay-friendly establishments line the winding cobbled lanes.

Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace.

Upon the axle of the winding pulley there is a break pulley, p.

He walks through the long, winding passages and into room after room.

So they turned into the winding trail, and rode into the camp.

But now time is winding down, and he appears more willing to take risks.

It was to the girl as if the fragrance were twining and winding about her and impelling her like leashes.