winding (redirected from windings)

wind·ing  (wndng)

n.

1.

a. Something wound about a center or an object: an armature with its wire winding.

b. The way in which something is wound.

c. One complete turn of something wound: two windings of electrical tape.

2. A curve or bend, as of a road.

adj.

1. Twisting or turning; sinuous.

2. Spiral.

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winding·ly adv.

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winding [ˈwaɪndɪŋ]

n

1. a curving or sinuous course or movement

2. anything that has been wound or wrapped around something

3. a particular manner or style in which something has been wound

4. a curve, bend, or complete turn in wound material, a road, etc.

5. (often plural) devious thoughts or behaviour the tortuous windings of political argumentation

6. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) one or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers, generators, etc.

7. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another name for wind² [14]

8. (Music / Instruments) a coil of tubing in certain brass instruments, esp the French horn

adj

curving; sinuous a winding road

windingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	winding - the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" wind, twist rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"
Adj.	1.	winding - marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track" twisting, twisty, voluminous, tortuous crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
	2.	winding - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" meandering, wandering, rambling indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

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winding

adjective twisting, turning, bending, curving, crooked, spiral, indirect, roundabout, meandering, tortuous, convoluted, serpentine, sinuous, circuitous, twisty, anfractuous, flexuous a long and winding road
twisting even, level, direct, straight, smooth, plumb, unswerving, undeviating

Translations

winding [ˈwaɪndɪŋ]

A. ADJ [road, path] → tortuoso, serpenteante

B. N [of road] → tortuosidad f
the windings of a river → las vueltas or los meandros de un río

C. CPD winding sheet N → mortaja f
winding staircase N → escalera f de caracol

winding [ˈwaɪndɪŋ] adj

[road, river] → sinueux/euse; [staircase] → en colimaçon
a winding staircase → un escalier en colimaçon
wind instrument [ˈwɪndɪnstrʊmənt] n → instrument m à vent

winding

adj river, staircase → gewunden; road also → kurvenreich

n

(of road, river) → Windung f, → Kehre f; (fig) → Verwicklung f

(Elec) (= coil) → Wicklung f; (= simple twist) → Windung f

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winding:

winding sheet

n (old) → Leichentuch nt

winding staircase

n → Wendeltreppe f

winding-up

n (of project) → Abschluss m; (of company, society) → Auflösung f

winding-up sale

n → Räumungsverkauf m

winding [ˈwaɪndɪŋ] adj (road, path) → serpeggiante, tortuoso/a; (staircase) → a chiocciola

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winding [ˈwaɪndɪŋ] adj (road, path) → serpeggiante, tortuoso/a; (staircase) → a chiocciola