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    winding
    /ˈwʌɪndɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. a twisting movement or course: "the windings of the stream"
    • 2. a thing that winds or is wound round something.

    adjective

    • 1. following a twisting or spiral course: "our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase"

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  2. WINDING definition: 1. A winding path, road, river, etc. repeatedly turns in different directions: 2. A winding story…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of WINDING is material (such as wire) wound or coiled about an object (such as an armature); also : a single turn of the wound material. How to use winding in a sentence.

  4. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it. Electricity. a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device. the manner of such coiling: a series winding.

  5. A winding is one or more turns of wire that forms a continuous coil through which an electric current can pass, as used in transformers and generators. These chargers use an autotransformer in which the primary and secondary windings are electrically connected.

  6. Use the adjective winding to describe something with twists and turns, like a winding country road or a little winding mountain stream. A path through the woods that has plenty of bends and curves in it is winding, and a river that curls and meanders down to the sea is also winding.

  7. 1. the act of a person or thing that winds. 2. a bend, turn, or flexure. 3. a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another. 4. something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it. 5. a. a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.

  8. WINDING meaning: 1. A winding path, road, river, etc. repeatedly turns in different directions: 2. A winding story…. Learn more.