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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
winding
adj 1: 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" [syn:
tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding,
voluminous]
2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding
country road" [syn: meandering(a), rambling,
wandering(a), winding]
n 1: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding,
twist]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) (rarely
Winded); p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] [OE. winden, AS.
windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
Wander, Wend.]
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1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
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Whether to wind
The woodbine round this arbor. --Milton.
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2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
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Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms. --Shak.
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3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
govern. "To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus." --Shak.
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In his terms so he would him wind. --Chaucer.
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Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
And wind all other witnesses. --Herrick.
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Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
--Addison.
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4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
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You have contrived . . . to wind
Yourself into a power tyrannical. --Shak.
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Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
such things into discourse. --Gov. of
Tongue.
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5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
wind a rope with twine.
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To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil.
To wind out, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
To wind up.
(a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
thread; to coil completely.
(b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
(c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
"Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years."
--Dryden. "Thus they wound up his temper to a pitch."
--Atterbury.
(d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
as to tune it. "Wind up the slackened strings of thy
lute." --Waller.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Winding.]
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1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
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2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
the hounds winded the game.
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3.
(a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a
horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of
breath.
(b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to
be recovered; to breathe.
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To wind a ship (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the
wind strikes it on the opposite side.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in
sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
Wound (wound), R. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.]
To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
and mutually involved notes. "Hunters who wound their horns."
--Pennant.
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Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
. .
Wind the shrill horn. --Pope.
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That blast was winded by the king. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Winding \Wind"ing\, n. [From Wind to blow.] (Naut.)
A call by the boatswain's whistle.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Winding \Wind"ing\, a. [From Wind to twist.]
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
--Keble.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as,
the windings of a road or stream.
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To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove
With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove.
--Milton.
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2. The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about
anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as
(Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature
coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form
a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a
character that the armature current is divided, a portion
of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Winding engine, an engine employed in mining to draw up
buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.
Winding sheet, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or
wrapped.
Winding tackle (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed
triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used
for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel.
--Totten.
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Thesaurus Results for winding:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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