WINDING
Dictionary entry overview: What does winding mean?
• WINDING (noun)
The noun WINDING has 1 sense:
1. the act of winding or twisting
Familiarity information: WINDING used as a noun is very rare.
• WINDING (adjective)
The adjective WINDING has 2 senses:
1. marked by repeated turns and bends
2. of a path e.g.
Familiarity information: WINDING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINDING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of winding or twisting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
winding; wind; twist
Context example:
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Hypernyms ("winding" is a kind of...):
rotary motion; rotation (the act of rotating as if on an axis)
• WINDING (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by repeated turns and bends
Synonyms:
twisty; winding; tortuous; twisting; voluminous
Context examples:
a tortuous road up the mountain / winding roads are full of surprises / had to steer the car down a twisty track
Similar:
crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
Meaning:
Of a path e.g.
Synonyms:
meandering; winding; wandering; rambling
Context examples:
meandering streams / rambling forest paths / the river followed its wandering course / a winding country road
Similar:
indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)
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