Winding Definition

wīndĭng
windings
noun
windings
Something wound about a center or an object.
An armature with its wire winding.
American Heritage
The action or effect of a person or thing that winds.
Webster's New World
Something that winds.
Webster's New World
A defective gait of horses in which one leg tends to twist around the other.
Webster's New World

One complete turn of something wound.

Wiktionary
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adjective
Twisting or turning; sinuous.
American Heritage
That winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
Webster's New World
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verb

Present participle of wind.

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Other Word Forms of Winding

Noun

Singular:
winding
Plural:
windings

Origin of Winding

  • wind +"Ž -ing, from wind (“movement of air"), as the wind was used to assist turning.

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  • wind +"Ž -ing, from wind (“to wrap").

    From Wiktionary

Winding Sentence Examples

  • We are gaining speed, not winding down.

  • They continued up a winding path toward the top of the lowest of the mountains.

  • She stared at him, her insides winding into a tight ball.

  • It moved silently and quickly down the winding road through the forest.

  • Rhyn stayed in his form until they reached a narrow, winding set of stairs.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIN

Words Ending With

GNGING

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winding

Words Starting With W and Ending With G

Starts With W & Ends With GStarts With WI & Ends With GStarts With W & Ends With NG

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With W7 Letter Words Ending With G