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Definitions of winding

  1. Pronounced when applied to the prolonged blast of a wind instr., as a hunting-horn. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  2. A call by the boatswain's whistle. Webster Dictionary DB
  3. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. Webster Dictionary DB
  4. 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. Webster Dictionary DB
  5. A turning: a bend. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  6. A turn or turning; a bend; flexure; meander; a call by the boatswains whistle. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
  7. A turning; a bending first one way and then another, as a river. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  8. WINDINGLY. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  9. Bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  10. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  11. a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils. Webster Dictionary DB
  12. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. Webster Dictionary DB
  13. Twisting, or bending. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  14. Turning spirally about an axis. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  15. Turning; bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

Usage examples for winding

  1. That well- remembered winding street! – Poems of West & East by Vita Sackville-West
  2. Down the winding gravel path came their aunt; a strikingly handsome woman. – His Big Opportunity by Amy Le Feuvre
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