winding

[in the plural] A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.

The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.

Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.

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[in the plural] (figurative) 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.

Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).

[in the plural] A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.

Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.

(UK) The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.

(no longer used) A decorative object, design, or other thing with curves or twists.

(no longer used) A variation in a tune.

(no longer used) Synonym of withe or withy (“a flexible, slender shoot or twig, especially when used as a band or for binding”); also, all the withies used to make or repair a wall, or the process of using withies in this manner.

Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner.

Sinuous, turning, or twisting in form.

Chiefly of a staircase: helical, spiral.

(figurative) Of speech, writing, etc.: not direct or to the point; rambling, roundabout.

(no longer used) Flexible, pliant.

(figurative, no longer used) Morally crooked; crafty, shifty.

Causing one to be breathless or out of breath.

Of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound.

[before a noun] The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).

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The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.