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US
/ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
]
NOUN
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the act of winding or twisting
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
ADJECTIVE
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marked by repeated turns and bends
a tortuous road up the mountain
had to steer the car down a twisty track
winding roads are full of surprises -
of a path e.g.
a winding country road
rambling forest paths
the river followed its wandering course
meandering streams
How To Use winding In A Sentence
- The legs of the easel are mounted on a horizontal stand and the painting rests on a ledge, in early versions supported on pegs but subsequently replaced by a geared system to raise or lower the painting by winding a crank.
- The nonconductive rubber layer (12) is formed by winding and layering an electrically nonconductive rubber ribbon (R) on the tire, along the circumferential direction of the tire.
- His bankruptcy or winding-up usually abrogates the agreement, and may restore to the bank its right to combine the accounts without notice.
- a self-winding watch
- And after rewinding the film and watching it without any adrenaline to threaten our objectivity, it became pretty clear that during this year of epic passing, San Francisco played one of the greatest defensive games in playoff history. OK, Now That Was a Defense
- Herein resided the stem-winding, therapeutic logic of the year-long national "conversation on race"; the periodic presidential apologies for world-historic wrongs which were usually strategic evasions of actual legislative responsibility; and the fussy feel-good conferences on teen violence and the media. The Feel Good Presidency
- Perhaps the biggest problem on top was making signals to the engineers in the yard below to prevent overwinding of the hoisting engines. The Great Bridge
- Our first semester is winding down, and all the pcvs are eagerly awaiting IST (In Service Training) in Gansu province at the end of January to meet up again! Sichuan Province: Mianyang « Peace Corps: China
- As she drove along the narrow, winding country lanes she and an oncoming coach, carrying teenagers to school in Harrogate, slowed so both vehicles could safely pass.
- WINDING ALONG HIGH ground where tall oaks, maples, and hickories crowded the sky, we descended to a swampy bottom filled with palmettos, water oaks, gums, and bald cypresses. Fire The Sky