Definition of winding

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Winding (n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator..

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Winding :: Winding (n.) A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream..
Tortuous :: Tortuous (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla..
Labyrinthian :: Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
Winding :: Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.
Meandrian :: Meandrian (a.) Winding; having many turns.
Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Woolding :: Woolding (n.) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Windingly :: Windingly (adv.) In a winding manner.
Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave..
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding round a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward; winding like the thread of a screw; helical..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..
Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..
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