Definition of winding

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Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream..

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Winder :: Winder (n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant..
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..
Winding :: Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.
Return :: Return (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
Twining :: Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread..
Wrap :: Wrap (v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
Volubile :: Volubile (a.) Turning, or whirling; winding; twining; voluble..
Crinkle :: Crinkle (n.) A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
Convoluted :: Convoluted (a.) Folded in tortuous windings.
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement..
Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..
Serpentry :: Serpentry (n.) A winding like a serpent's.
Twist :: Twist (v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others..
Twist :: Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other..
Curl :: Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form..
Receiver :: Receiver (n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases..
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