winding
/ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ noun C2- The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
- A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
- A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
- Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
- Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
- Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
- Something wound around another thing.
- A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
Plural windings
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Below them was a pond, looking almost like a river so long and winding was it.
It was a little narrow, twisting path, winding down over a long hill straight through Mr.
Every disposition of the ground was good; and she looked on the whole scene, the river, the trees scattered on its banks, and the winding of the valley, as far as she could trace it, with delight.
Elizabeth longed to explore its windings; but when they had crossed the bridge, and perceived their distance from the house, Mrs.
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