winding

[US]/'waɪndɪŋ/
[UK]/'waɪndɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. coil; wrap; bend
adj. curved; sinuous; coiled

Phrases & Collocations

winding road

winding river

winding machine

stator winding

filament winding

winding up

winding tension

coil winding

rotor winding

winding path

secondary winding

winding speed

winding angle

winding insulation

primary winding

exciting winding

winding wire

armature winding

winding stair

field winding

end winding

Example Sentences

the windings of the stream.

she was winding the gramophone.

She is winding the wool.

A winding path leads to the cave.

she drove along the winding lane.

the narrow, winding streets of Edinburgh.

she's only winding me up.

our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase.

a maze of narrow winding streets

a river winding through a valley.

a column of smoke winding into the sky.

two windings of electrical tape.

Partition setting winding corotation and kickback.

The stream bifurcates into two narrow winding channels.

his time was spent in winding up his affairs.

A winding lane led down towards the river.

The winding trail caused the hikers to lose their orientation.

He hinted at the impossibility of winding up the work in two months.

Real-world Examples

Things should be winding down around now.

Source: Prison Break Season 1

So, rescues after the first earthquake were winding down.

Source: Learn English by following hot topics.

But basically, it starts when your winding down and your brain exhibits some alpha activity.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Keeping to its northerly heading, it followed the long windings of South America.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

And Sweden will get the opposite of acceleration: Winding down.

Source: Learn English through advertisements.

They knew every small and winding road.

Source: Global Slow English

Did you really mean what you said in there or were you just winding them up?

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Everyone feels like winding down in December.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Oh, no, your car needs winding up again!

Source: Little Bear Charlie

" Winding, run-on sentences are common; so are fishermen."

Source: Selected English short passages

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