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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Turning :: Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander..
Creek :: Creek (n.) Any turn or winding.
Curl :: Curl (v.) A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form..
Heck :: Heck (n.) A bend or winding of a stream.
Fake :: Fake (n.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil..
Roll :: Roll (n.) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel..
Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..
Winder :: Winder (n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like..
Winding :: Winding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win.
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up..
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
Swift :: Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..
Kink :: Kink (n.) A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord..
Woolding :: Woolding (n.) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast..
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..
Twine :: Twine (n.) The act of twining or winding round.
Gauche :: Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
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